nôn nóng
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Definition
- Adjective:
- To be eager / impatient: The primary meaning of "nôn nóng" is a state of restless eagerness or impatience, often due to a strong desire for something to happen or to know something.
- To be overhasty / rash: It can also describe a state of undue haste or rashness, where a lack of patience leads to premature or poorly considered actions.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Cậu ấy rất nôn nóng muốn biết kết quả thi. (He is very eager to know his exam results.)
- Đừng nôn nóng, mọi việc cần có thời gian. (Don't be impatient; everything needs time.)
- Vì nôn nóng mà anh ấy đã đưa ra quyết định sai lầm. (Because he was overhasty, he made a wrong decision.)
Advanced Usage
- "nôn nóng chờ đợi": to wait impatiently.
- Cả gia đình nôn nóng chờ đợi tin tức từ bác sĩ. (The whole family waited impatiently for news from the doctor.)
Variants and Related Words
- Sốt ruột (adj): a close synonym meaning "impatient" or "antsy," often used interchangeably in casual contexts.
- Tôi sốt ruột chờ thư phản hồi. (I am antsy waiting for the reply letter.)
Synonyms
- Impatient: having or showing a tendency to be quickly irritated or eager.
- Eager: strongly wanting to do or have something.
- Overhasty: acting or done with excessive or careless speed.
- Restless: unable to rest or relax due to anxiety or boredom.
Related Idioms
Nóng lòng: to be anxious or eager (similar in feeling to "nôn nóng").
- Ai cũng nóng lòng muốn xem buổi biểu diễn. (Everyone is anxious to see the performance.)
Nôn nao: to feel anxious or have butterflies (often related to nervous anticipation, which can overlap with the emotional state of "nôn nóng").
- Cô ấy nôn nao chờ ngày phỏng vấn. (She felt anxious waiting for the interview day.)
- Be eager to, be bursting tọ
- Nôn nóng muốn biết kết quả thiTo be bursting to know the results of one's examinations
- Overhasty
- Vì nôn óng mà hỏng việcTo be unsuccessful because of overhastiness, to go off at half cock