Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Flabby, flaccid: Describes something that is soft, limp, and lacking firmness or tone, often due to being loose or out of shape.
   • Soggy, mushy: Can describe food that has become unpleasantly soft and wet, losing its original texture.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Sau khi giảm cân nhanh, da của cô ấy trở nên nhệu nhạo. (After losing weight quickly, her skin became flabby.)
  • Bắp thịt nhệu nhạo do lười tập thể dục. (Flabby muscles due to lack of exercise.)
  • Mì để lâu trong nước canh đã nhệu nhạo hết. (The noodles left in the soup for too long have become all soggy.)

Advanced Usage

• Used figuratively to describe weak, indecisive, or ineffectual character or actions.
  • Tính cách nhệu nhạo của anh ta khiến mọi người khó tin tưởng. (His wishy-washy character makes it hard for people to trust him.)
  • Một kế hoạch nhệu nhạo khó có thể thành công. (A half-hearted plan is unlikely to succeed.)

Variants and Related Words

• Nhão: (adj) Soft, mushy (often for food or substances). Can sometimes be used similarly but may imply a more liquid or paste-like consistency.
  • Cháo quá nhão. (The porridge is too mushy.)
• Nhũn: (adj) Very soft, pulpy; often from being overripe or overcooked.
  • Quả chuối đã chín nhũn. (The banana is overripe and soft.)

Synonyms

• Chùng nhùng: (adj) Flabby, saggy; often used for skin or fabric.
• Ọp ẹp: (adj) Flimsy, rickety; describes lack of structural firmness.
• Mềm oặt: (adj) Limp, languid; lacking strength or vitality.

Related Phrases

• Nhệu nhạo như bún thiu: (Idiomatic simile) As soggy as spoiled rice noodles; used to emphasize extreme sogginess or flabbiness.
  • Cái bánh mì ướt này nhệu nhạo như bún thiu. (This wet bread is as soggy as spoiled rice noodles.)

1. Flabby, flaccid
   • Bắp thịt nhệu nhạo
     Flabby, muscles