lử thử lử thừ
Definition
- Adjective:
- Sluggish, slow-moving, or dilatory: Describes a person's action or behavior that is unhurried, lacking in energy or promptness, often to the point of being irritatingly slow or negligent.
- Lazy, indolent: Characterizes a state of idleness or an unwillingness to exert effort or move quickly.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Làm việc gì cũng lử thử lử thừ thì bao giờ mới xong? (If you do everything so sluggishly, when will it ever be finished?)
- Nó cứ lử thử lử thừ trên giường, không chịu dậy. (He just lazed about sluggishly in bed, refusing to get up.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is a reduplicative compound, where the repetition of the root ("lử thử" + "lử thừ") intensifies the meaning of slowness or laziness. It is often used in informal, critical, or disapproving contexts to describe someone's tardy or lethargic manner.
Variants and Related Words
- Lừ thừ: An alternate, more common spelling with identical meaning (sluggish, slow).
- Đi đứng lừ thừ. (To walk in a slow, dragging manner.)
Synonyms
- Chậm chạp: slow.
- Lười biếng: lazy, indolent.
- Uể oải: sluggish, lethargic.
Related Idioms
- While "lử thử lử thừ" itself is idiomatic, it is often used in similar contexts to phrases criticizing slowness.
- Làm việc cà chớn: to work in a sloppy, negligent manner.