nhan nhản
Definition
- Adjective:
- Ubiquitous; found everywhere in large numbers: Describes something that appears in excessive, overwhelming, or annoyingly plentiful quantities, often to the point of being commonplace or tiresome. It carries a connotation of being overly abundant and lacking in quality or distinction due to its sheer commonness.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Trên mạng xã hội nhan nhản những thông tin giả mạo. (On social media, fake information is ubiquitous.)
- Ngoài chợ, nhan nhản các sạp hàng bán hoa quả. (At the market, fruit stalls are found everywhere in large numbers.)
- Những quảng cáo đó xuất hiện nhan nhản trên đường phố. (Those advertisements are popping up all over the streets.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "nhan nhản" is almost exclusively used in a negative or pejorative sense. It criticizes the excessive and undistinguished proliferation of something, implying it is cheap, low-quality, or undesirable.
- Truyện ngôn tình rẻ tiền nhan nhản trên các trang web. (Cheap romance novels are plastered all over those websites.)
Variants and Related Words
- Nhằng nhằng (adj): Annoyingly persistent or incessant (often referring to sound or pestering). While similar in negative tone, it focuses on persistence rather than visual abundance.
- Lúc nhúc (adj): Teeming, swarming (with life, like insects or crowds). It emphasizes dense, moving masses, whereas "nhan nhản" focuses on static, widespread presence.
Synonyms
- Ubiquitous: Seeming to be everywhere.
- Proliferating: Increasing rapidly in number.
- Plentiful in a negative sense: Overabundant, rife, teeming.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- While "nhan nhản" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly used in the structure "nhan nhản khắp nơi" (ubiquitous everywhere) for emphasis.
- Các cửa hàng tiện lợi mọc lên nhan nhản khắp nơi. (Convenience stores are springing up ubiquitously everywhere.)