Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Uneven / Not aligned: Describing objects that are not of equal length, height, or position, resulting in a staggered or offset arrangement.
   • Alternate: In botany, geometry, and other sciences, describing parts (like leaves or angles) that are arranged singly at different heights or positions on opposite sides of an axis or line.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Đôi đũa so le thế này khó gắp lắm. (These uneven chopsticks are very difficult to pick up food with.)
  • Lá mọc so le trên cành. (The leaves grow alternately on the branch.)
  • Hai viên gạch được xếp so le. (The two bricks are placed in a staggered pattern.)

Advanced Usage

• "góc so le": alternate angle (a geometry term).

  • Góc so le trong bằng nhau. (Alternate interior angles are equal.)

• "so le nhau": to be staggered or offset from each other.

  • Các ca làm việc được sắp xếp so le nhau. (The work shifts are arranged in a staggered pattern.)

Variants and Related Words

• So le nhau (adj phrase): staggered, alternating.
  • Họ ngồi so le nhau trên hai hàng ghế. (They sat in alternating seats across two rows.)

Synonyms

• Uneven: not level or equal.
• Staggered: arranged in an alternating or overlapping pattern.
• Alternate: occurring by turns, or placed singly on either side of a stem.

Related Idioms

No common idioms specifically use "so le" as a key component.

adj

1. unequal, rough alternate
   • góc so le
     alternate angle