Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Flabby and tough: Describes flesh, meat, or material that is both soft, lacking firmness (flaccid), and unpleasantly chewy or rubbery in texture.
   • Flaccid: Lacking firmness, often in a way that suggests being limp, soft, and yielding.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Thịt luộc quá lâu trở nên lụng nhụng. (Meat boiled for too long becomes flabby and tough.)
  • Bụng anh ấy lụng nhụng vì ít vận động. (His stomach is flabby from lack of exercise.)
  • Miếng cao su cũ đã lụng nhụng, không còn đàn hồi. (The old piece of rubber has become flaccid and is no longer elastic.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "lụng nhụng" is often used in a negative, descriptive sense to criticize the texture of food (especially meat) or the condition of body tissue or certain materials. It implies a combination of undesirable qualities: softness without tenderness, and a lingering, rubbery resistance.

Variants and Related Words

• Nhũn nhụng (adj): Very soft and mushy; often describes something overly soft to the point of being formless.
  • Trái cây chín nhũn nhụng. (The fruit is overly ripe and mushy.)

Synonyms

• Flabby: Soft and loose; lacking firmness.
• Flimsy: Lacking solidity or strength.
• Limp: Not stiff or firm; drooping.

Related Idioms

• There are no common idioms directly using "lụng nhụng". The word is typically used in its literal, descriptive sense.

1. Flaccid and tounh