Definition

1. Verb:
   • To nag persistently: To complain to or criticize someone repeatedly and annoyingly, often about minor faults or issues. This conveys a sense of continuous, grating pressure.
   • To reproach incessantly: To express disapproval or disappointment to someone in a constant, wearisome manner.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Vợ rầy rật chồng. (The wife nagged at her husband.)
  • Cô ấy cứ rầy rật tôi về chuyện đi trễ. (She kept nagging me about being late.)
  • Đừng có rầy rật con cái suốt ngày như vậy. (Don't incessantly reproach your children like that all day.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "rầy rật" often implies a nagging that is not just a single event but a prolonged, irritating background noise in a relationship, typically within a family or close domestic setting. It suggests a tone that is both scolding and persistent.

Variants and Related Words

• Rầy (v): To scold, to tell off. This is the root verb and is less intense than "rầy rật."
  • Mẹ rầy con vì bị điểm kém. (The mother scolded her child for getting a bad grade.)

Synonyms

• Nag: To annoy by constant fault-finding or complaints.
• Harp on: To talk about something persistently and tediously.
• Berate: To scold or criticize angrily.

Related Idioms

• While "rầy rật" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, the concept is central to expressions about domestic discord.
• Cơm chẳng lành, canh chẳng ngọt: (Lit: The rice isn't nice, the soup isn't sweet.) Describes a tense, unhappy home atmosphere where nagging and quarreling are common.

1. Nag
   • Vợ rầy rật chồng
     The wife nagged at her husband