Definition

1. Adjective:
   • Rambling, lengthy, and tedious: Describes speech or writing that is excessively long, digressive, and lacking in conciseness or clarity. It implies a tiresome, drawn-out quality that can be boring or frustrating for the listener or reader.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Bài viết của anh ấy có văn phong tràng giang đại hải, khiến người đọc khó nắm bắt ý chính. (His writing has a rambling style, making it hard for readers to grasp the main point.)
  • Đừng có phát biểu tràng giang đại hải nữa, hãy đi thẳng vào vấn đề đi. (Stop making such lengthy and tedious speeches; get straight to the point.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is a classical, literary idiom, often used in formal criticism or to express strong disapproval of verbose communication. It evokes the image of a vast, endless river and sea, metaphorically representing something interminable.

Variants and Related Words

• Dài dòng (adj): Long-winded, verbose.

  • Lời giải thích dài dòng của cô ấy chẳng giúp ích gì. (Her long-winded explanation was not helpful.)

• Lôi thôi (adj): Tedious, troublesome, convoluted.

  • Thủ tục hành chính lôi thôi. (Tedious administrative procedures.)

Synonyms

• Verbose: Using more words than needed.
• Prolix: Extending to great, tedious length.
• Discursive: Digressing from subject to subject.
• Long-winded: Continuing for a long time.

Related Idioms

• Nói dài nói dai thành nói dại: A proverb meaning "To speak long and persistently becomes to speak foolishly," warning that rambling speech can lead to saying unwise things.
  • Anh cứ trình bày lòng vòng mãi, đúng là nói dài nói dai thành nói dại. (You keep explaining in circles; it's true that speaking long and persistently becomes speaking foolishly.)

adj

1. rambling, lengthy