Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Pompous, ostentatious: Characterized by excessive or showy display, intended to attract notice and impress others, often in a vulgar or tasteless way. It describes an action or event that is made to seem much more important or grand than it really is.
   • Sensational, hyped: Promoted or talked about in an exaggerated and loudly public manner to generate excitement or attention.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Buổi lễ ra mắt được tổ chức rất rình rang. (The launch ceremony was organized very ostentatiously.)
  • Đừng quảng cáo rình rang cho sự kiện nhỏ đó. (Don't create sensational hype for that minor event.)
  • Cách ăn mặc của cô ấy khá rình rang. (Her way of dressing is quite showy.)

Advanced Usage

• The word often carries a negative connotation, implying that the showiness is unnecessary, artificial, or lacking in genuine substance.
• It is frequently used to critique media coverage, promotional campaigns, or social events that are perceived as overblown.

Variants and Related Words

• Lình xình (adj): Also means showy or ostentatious, sometimes with an added nuance of being cumbersome or complicated.

Synonyms

• Showy: Attracting attention in a gaudy or flashy way.
• Flamboyant: Strikingly bold or brilliant; conspicuously dashing and colorful.
• Over-the-top: Excessive or exaggerated.
• Hyped: Promoted with exaggerated and intensive publicity.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Làm rình rang: To make a fuss, to make a big show or commotion about something.
  • Họ chỉ thích làm rình rang mọi chuyện lên. (They just like to make a big fuss about everything.)

1. Pompous, ostentatious
   • Được quảng cáo rình rang
     Ostentatiously advertised