nói sảng
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Definition
- Verb:
- To rave / to talk deliriously: To speak incoherently, irrationally, or nonsensically, typically as a result of a high fever, severe illness, mental confusion, or being in a semi-conscious state such as delirium.
- To talk nonsense / to babble: More colloquially, it can describe speaking in a wild, exaggerated, or utterly unfounded manner, often due to strong emotion or a lack of rationality.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Bệnh nhân sốt cao và bắt đầu nói sảng. (The patient had a high fever and began to rave.)
- Anh ta nói sảng sau cú va chạm, không ai hiểu anh ấy đang nói gì. (He was talking deliriously after the collision; no one understood what he was saying.)
- Đừng nghe lão ấy, ông ta chỉ đang nói sảng thôi. (Don't listen to that old man; he's just talking nonsense.)
Advanced Usage
- The term strongly implies a disconnect from reality in the speaker's speech. It is not used for simple lies or exaggerations made while fully conscious and rational, but rather for speech that is perceived as uncontrolled and irrational.
Variants and Related Words
- Lên cơn sảng (phrase): To have a bout of delirium; to be in a delirious state.
- Người bệnh lên cơn sảng và cần được giữ yên. (The sick person was in a delirious state and needed to be kept calm.)
Synonyms
- To rave: To talk wildly or incoherently.
- To babble: To talk rapidly and continuously in a foolish, excited, or incomprehensible way.
- To talk incoherently: To speak in a confused way, lacking logical connection.
- To be delirious: To be in a state of wild excitement or ecstasy, or more commonly, a disturbed state of mind with incoherent speech.
Related Idioms
- Nói như người mất hồn: To talk as if one has lost one's soul (i.e., to talk in a frighteningly detached or delirious manner).
- Sau cơn sốt, cậu bé nói như người mất hồn. (After the fever, the boy talked as if he had lost his soul.)
- Rave [in delirium]