lớn vồng
Definition
- Adjective:
- Growing rapidly and visibly: Describes something, typically a child or young living thing, that is noticeably and quickly increasing in size or stature, often in a way that is obvious to the observer.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đứa trẻ này lớn vồng lên trông thấy. (This child is growing rapidly and visibly.)
- Cây non sau trận mưa lớn vồng chỉ mấy hôm. (The young plant grew noticeably bigger in just a few days after the heavy rain.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is often used to express pleasant surprise or amazement at the speed of growth.
- Mới đây mà con bé đã lớn vồng, sắp cao bằng mẹ rồi. (It was just recently, but the girl has shot up and is almost as tall as her mother now.)
Variants and Related Words
- Lớn nhanh (adj): to grow fast.
- Trẻ con ở độ tuổi này thường lớn nhanh. (Children at this age often grow fast.)
- Lớn phổng (adj): to shoot up (in height).
- Thằng bé lớp 6 đã lớn phổng lên. (The 6th-grade boy has shot up.)
Synonyms
- Shooting up: growing taller quickly.
- Growing by leaps and bounds: developing or increasing very rapidly.
Notes on Usage
- "Lớn vồng" is a descriptive, somewhat colloquial phrase. It is not typically used in formal scientific writing but is common in everyday spoken language and descriptive narratives.
- It primarily applies to biological growth (children, plants, animals) and is not used for abstract concepts like businesses or economies.