lửng lơ
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Definition
Adjective:
- Hanging; suspended in mid-air: Describes something physically floating or dangling in the air without clear support or a fixed position.
- Vague; ambiguous; non-committal: Describes speech, an answer, or a situation that is intentionally unclear, imprecise, or evasive, leaving matters unresolved or undecided.
Adjective (figurative):
- In an intermediate or indeterminate state: Describes something being in a middle, unresolved, or limbo state, neither here nor there.
Usage Examples
Adjective (Physical):
- Những đám mây lửng lơ trên đỉnh núi. (Clouds hang suspended over the mountain peak.)
- Chiếc diều bay lửng lơ giữa trời. (The kite floats in mid-air.)
Adjective (Abstract):
- Anh ấy trả lời một cách lửng lơ, không khẳng định cũng không phủ định. (He answered vaguely, neither confirming nor denying.)
- Tình cảnh của dự án vẫn còn lửng lơ. (The project's situation remains up in the air.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often carries a connotation of uncertainty, instability, or a lack of firm grounding, whether in a physical or abstract sense.
- It can describe a psychological state of being undecided or wavering.
Variants and Related Words
- Lơ lửng (adj): Similar meaning of hanging or floating. Often used more for physical suspension.
- Quả bóng bay lơ lửng trong phòng. (The balloon floats in the room.)
Synonyms
- Hanging: Suspended from above.
- Vague: Not clearly expressed or defined.
- Ambiguous: Open to more than one interpretation.
- Non-committal: Avoiding a clear statement or decision.
- Indeterminate: Not exactly known, established, or defined.
Related Idioms and Phrases
Nói lửng lơ: To speak in vague terms; to be evasive.
- Đừng nói lửng lơ, hãy cho tôi câu trả lời rõ ràng. (Don't be vague, give me a clear answer.)
Để lửng lơ: To leave something hanging or unresolved.
- Họ để câu chuyện lửng lơ mà không kết thúc. (They left the story hanging without an ending.)