lẻ tẻ
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Scattered, sparse: Describes things or people that are few in number, spread out over an area, and not concentrated in one place. It emphasizes a lack of density, uniformity, or organization.
- Occasional, sporadic: Refers to events or actions that happen infrequently, at irregular intervals, and not in a continuous or steady manner.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Mới lẻ tẻ có mấy người đến. (Only a few scattered people have arrived.)
- Đêm về khuya phố xá chỉ còn lẻ tẻ vài người đi lại. (Late at night, only a few sparse people are still moving about on the streets.)
- Lúa bắt đầu chín lẻ tẻ. (The rice is beginning to ripen sporadically.)
- Tiếng súng vang lên lẻ tẻ. (Gunshots rang out sporadically.)
Advanced Usage
- Used to describe a pattern that is the opposite of being massed, continuous, or uniform. It often conveys a sense of thin distribution or irregular occurrence.
Variants and Related Words
- Lác đác (adj): Another adjective meaning scattered or sparse, often used interchangeably with "lẻ tẻ" but can sometimes imply a slightly more random or dotted pattern.
- Rải rác (adj): Scattered, dispersed. Similar to "lẻ tẻ" but can sometimes suggest a wider or more even distribution over a larger area.
Synonyms
- Scattered: Distributed loosely and unevenly.
- Sparse: Thinly dispersed or scattered.
- Sporadic: Occurring at irregular intervals; not constant.
- Occasional: Happening from time to time.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Lẻ tẻ từng người: Coming one by one, in ones and twos.
- Khách vào hội trường lẻ tẻ từng người. (Guests entered the hall in ones and twos.)
- Mua bán lẻ tẻ: To buy or sell in small, scattered quantities (not in bulk).
- Họ chỉ mua bán lẻ tẻ chứ không nhập số lượng lớn. (They only buy and sell in small, scattered quantities, not in large bulk.)
adj
- scattered, sparse