Definition

1. Adverb:
   • Silently, quietly, without speaking: Describes an action performed without making noise or uttering words, often with a sense of stealth or suppressed emotion.
   • Fixedly, with a steady and often malevolent gaze: Describes looking at someone or something with an intense, unwavering, and often hostile stare.

Usage Examples

• As an adverb of manner (silently):

  • Nó lừ lừ đi ra khỏi phòng mà không nói một lời. (He/she silently left the room without saying a word.)
  • Đứa trẻ lừ lừ bước vào, sợ bị mắng. (The child stepped in quietly, afraid of being scolded.)

• As an adverb of manner (with a fixed gaze):

  • Hắn nhìn tôi lừ lừ, ánh mắt đầy thù hận. (He looked at me fixedly, his eyes full of hatred.)
  • Con mèo nằm lừ lừ nhìn con chuột. (The cat lay still, staring fixedly at the mouse.)

Advanced Usage

• "lừ lừ như ông từ vào đền": A simile meaning "as silent/silently as a temple keeper entering the shrine." It emphasizes extreme quietness, stealth, or a solemn, wordless demeanor.
  • Sau khi nghe tin dữ, anh ấy chỉ lừ lừ như ông từ vào đền. (After hearing the bad news, he was just silent as a temple keeper.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lừ (verb): To glare, to look at with anger or hostility. This is the root verb from which "lừ lừ" is derived.
  • Nó lừ tôi một cái rồi bỏ đi. (He glared at me once and then left.)
• Lầm lì (adj): Taciturn, sullen, gloomy, and silent. Shares the connotation of silence but emphasizes a gloomy, uncommunicative temperament rather than the manner of a single action.
  • Tính nó lầm lì, ít nói. (He has a taciturn, quiet personality.)

Synonyms

• Lặng lẽ (adv): Quietly, silently. A more common and neutral synonym for the "silent" meaning.
• Âm thầm (adv): Secretly, quietly, without drawing attention. Emphasizes doing something without others knowing.
• Chăm chăm (adv): Fixedly, intently (when looking). Similar to the "gazing" meaning but not necessarily with malevolence.

Related Phrases

• Đi lừ lừ: To go/walk silently.
  • Cô ấy đi lừ lừ một mình trong công viên. (She walked silently alone in the park.)
• Nhìn lừ lừ: To look/stare fixedly (with hostility).
  • Đừng nhìn tôi lừ lừ như thế! (Don't stare at me like that!)

Related Idioms

• Im như thóc: (To be) as silent as husked rice; meaning completely silent. This idiom focuses on the state of being silent rather than the manner of an action like "lừ lừ".
  • Cả lớp im như thóc khi hiệu trưởng bước vào. (The whole class fell completely silent when the principal walked in.)

1. Be silent,be speechless
   • lừ lừ đi ra khỏi phòng
     To go of the room silently