Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Muddy, slushy: Describes a surface, typically a road or path, that is covered with or characterized by a lot of wet, soft, and sticky mud, making it difficult to traverse.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau cơn mưa, con đường vào làng trở nên rất lầy lội. (After the rain, the road into the village became very muddy.)
  • Chúng tôi phải đi bộ qua một đoạn đường lầy lội. (We had to walk through a muddy stretch of road.)
  • Cánh đồng lầy lội sau mùa lũ. (The field is slushy after the flood season.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used to emphasize the difficulty or inconvenience caused by the muddy conditions, not just the presence of mud.
  • Cuộc sống lầy lội is a metaphorical phrase describing a life full of difficulties and entanglements, akin to being stuck in mud.

Variants and Related Words

• Lầy (adj): muddy, boggy. Often used interchangeably with "lầy lội" but can be slightly less intense.

  • Vùng đất lầy. (A marshy area.)

• Bùn lầy (n): mud, mire.

  • Xe bị sa vào bùn lầy. (The car got stuck in the mire.)

Synonyms

• Muddy: covered in or full of mud.
• Slushy: consisting of or covered with partially melted or watery mud.
• Boggy: too wet and muddy to be easily walked on; marshy.

Related Idioms

• Đường lầy lội: a muddy road. This is the most common collocation.

  • Hành trình gian nan qua những con đường lầy lội. (A arduous journey over muddy roads.)

• (Cuộc sống) lầy lội: a (figuratively) muddy, difficult life.

  • Anh ấy đã thoát khỏi cuộc sống lầy lội ngày xưa. (He escaped the muddy life of the past.)

adj

1. muddy, slushy