quày quạy

Một con chó con quày quạy trong vườn.

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Persistent; nagging; incessant: Describes an action, feeling, or disturbance that is annoyingly continuous and difficult to ignore or get rid of.
   • Stubbornly clinging: Refers to something, often a negative thought, problem, or person, that remains present and bothersome.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Cơn đau đầu quày quạy suốt cả ngày. (The nagging headache lasted all day.)
  • Một nỗi lo quày quạy trong tâm trí anh ấy. (A persistent worry clung to his mind.)
  • Đứa trẻ quày quạy đòi mua đồ chơi. (The child was pestering incessantly to buy a toy.)

Advanced Usage

• Often used to describe abstract nuisances like thoughts, worries, or pains, but can also describe persistent physical actions or requests.

Variants and Related Words

• Quầy quậy: This is a direct variant with identical meaning and usage to "quày quạy".
  • Vấn đề ấy cứ quầy quậy mãi. (That problem just keeps nagging.)

Synonyms

• Nagging: Annoyingly persistent.
• Persistent: Continuing firmly despite difficulties.
• Incessant: Continuing without pause.
• Pestering: Bothering someone continually.

Related Idioms

• While "quày quạy" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, its meaning is central to describing persistent states, e.g., a "quày quạy" worry or memory.