vu vơ
Definition
- Adjective:
- Vague, aimless, without a clear purpose or target: Describes something that lacks a specific basis, direction, or clear objective.
- Frivolous, idle: Describes talk, thoughts, or actions that are trivial, insubstantial, or not serious.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Anh ấy thường có những suy nghĩ vu vơ. (He often has vague/aimless thoughts.)
- Đừng nói những chuyện vu vơ nữa. (Stop talking about frivolous things.)
- Cô ấy đi dạo một mình với tâm trạng vu vơ. (She went for a walk alone with a vague/indefinable mood.)
- Đó chỉ là một lời hứa vu vơ. (That was just an empty promise.)
Advanced Usage
- "vu vơ vẩn vơ": A reduplicative phrase that intensifies the meaning of "vu vơ," emphasizing extreme aimlessness, vagueness, or frivolity.
- Cậu ta cứ ngồi đó với những ý nghĩ vu vơ vẩn vơ. (He just sat there with utterly vague and idle thoughts.)
Variants and Related Words
- Vơ vẩn (verb): To wander aimlessly, to loiter without purpose. It shares the core idea of lack of direction.
- Cậu bé vơ vẩn ngoài đường. (The boy wandered aimlessly on the street.)
- Mơ hồ (adjective): Ambiguous, unclear, fuzzy. It overlaps with "vu vơ" in describing a lack of clarity but is more often used for concepts or images.
- Ký ức về nơi đó thật mơ hồ. (The memory of that place is very vague.)
Synonyms
- Vô căn cứ: Baseless, groundless.
- Linh tinh: Miscellaneous, scattered (often for trivial matters).
- Không đâu vào đâu: Nonsensical, without rhyme or reason.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Nói vu vơ: To talk idly/to talk about frivolous things.
- Cả buổi sáng họ chỉ ngồi nói vu vơ. (They just sat talking idly all morning.)
- Buồn vu vơ: A vague, indefinable sadness; a melancholy without a clear cause.
- Một chiều mưa, lòng chợt thấy buồn vu vơ. (On a rainy afternoon, I suddenly felt a vague sadness.)
- Bắn vu vơ: To shoot randomly/indiscriminately (without aiming at a specific target).
- Tên cướp bắn vu vơ về phía đám đông. (The robber fired randomly towards the crowd.)
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