Definition

1. Adverb (used with verbs):
   • Bustlingly; in a hurried and flustered manner: Describes an action performed with excessive haste, eagerness, or a lack of calm composure, often leading to a visibly agitated or confused state.
   • Profusely; effusively: Used to emphasize the intense, overflowing, or repeated nature of an action, such as thanking or apologizing.

Usage Examples

• Adverb:
  • Cô ấy cảm ơn rối rít vì sự giúp đỡ. (She thanked profusely for the help.)
  • Đám đông rối rít tìm chỗ trú khi trời mưa. (The crowd bustled about finding shelter when it rained.)
  • Anh ấy xin lỗi rối rít vì đã đến muộn. (He apologized effusively for being late.)

Advanced Usage

• "rối ra rối rít": (reduplicated form for stronger emphasis) To be in an extreme state of fluster or to act with even greater haste and confusion.

  • Nghe tin, cả nhà rối ra rối rít chuẩn bị đồ đạc. (Hearing the news, the whole family bustled about in a great fluster preparing their belongings.)

• "rối rít tít mù": (colloquial, intensified form) To show excessive, often chaotic, eagerness or agitation.

  • Đừng có rối rít tít mù lên như thế, hãy bình tĩnh nào. (Don't get into such an excessive fluster; please calm down.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rối (adj): tangled, messy, confused.
  • Sợi dây bị rối. (The string is tangled.)
• Rối ren (adj): complicated, chaotic, disordered.
  • Tình hình trở nên rối ren. (The situation became chaotic.)

Synonyms

• Effusively: expressing feelings in an unrestrained, heartfelt way.
• Frantically: in a hurried, excited, or chaotic manner.
• Flusteredly: in a state of agitated confusion.

Related Idioms

• Vui rối rít: To be overjoyed; to be beside oneself with happiness.
  • Nghe tin đỗ đại học, nó vui rối rít. (Upon hearing the news of passing the university exam, he was overjoyed.)

verb

1. to bustle