rông rổng

Tiền xu rơi rông rổng từ trong túi anh ta.

Definition

1. Adjective (descriptive reduplicative):
   • In a gushing or profuse manner; in a wasteful cascade: Describes the action of something (typically a liquid or, metaphorically, money) flowing out or being spent rapidly, abundantly, and often wastefully. It emphasizes a continuous, unchecked, and conspicuous outpouring.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Anh ta vãi tiền rông rổng ở sòng bạc. (He threw money away wastefully at the casino.)
  • Nước mắt cô ấy chảy rông rổng. (Her tears flowed in a gushing stream.)
  • Đừng tiêu xài rông rổng như vậy. (Don't spend money so profusely/wastefully.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "rông rổng" is a reduplicative form, often used for vivid, onomatopoeic, or emphatic description. It is almost exclusively used in informal, colloquial speech to criticize or vividly depict excessive, uncontrolled outflow.

Variants and Related Words

• Rổng (adj): While rarely used alone, it can imply something being hollow or empty, which conceptually relates to the result of spending or pouring out "rông rổng."

Synonyms

• Profusely: in large amounts.
• Wastefully: with excessive or careless expenditure.
• Extravagantly: spending much more than is necessary.
• In a cascade: flowing down in large quantities.

Related Idioms

• Tiêu tiền như nước: (To spend money like water) – A common idiom with a very similar meaning to spending "rông rổng."
  • Cậu ấy tiêu tiền như nước. (He spends money like water.)