rền rỉ
Definition
- Verb:
- To lament incessantly: To express grief, sorrow, or regret in a prolonged, repetitive, and often whining or mournful manner.
- To whine persistently: To complain in a feeble, tiresome, and continuous way.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đứa trẻ rền rỉ đòi mua đồ chơi. (The child whined incessantly to buy a toy.)
- Bà ấy rền rỉ kể về những nỗi buồn cũ. (She lamented incessantly about past sorrows.)
- Tiếng mưa rền rỉ trên mái tôn suốt đêm. (The rain pattered persistently on the tin roof all night.)
Advanced Usage
- The word often carries a negative connotation, implying the sound or complaint is annoying, tiresome, or overly dramatic due to its unending nature.
- It can be used metaphorically to describe continuous, monotonous sounds, like rain or machinery.
Variants and Related Words
- Rền (v): to reverberate, to resound (often deeply). (The bell resounded.)
- Rỉ rả (v): to trickle; to speak or occur in a slow, continuous, and quiet manner. (Rainwater trickled from the roof.)
Synonyms
- Whine: To complain in a feeble or annoying way.
- Bemoan: To express discontent or sorrow over something.
- Kvetch: To complain habitually (informal).
Related Idioms
- Rền rỉ như ri đài: To complain or lament constantly like a broken record.
- Anh ta cứ rền rỉ như ri đài về chuyện đó. (He kept lamenting about that matter like a broken record.)
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Lament incessantly
