vuông vắn
Definition
- Adjective:
- Perfectly square: Describing a shape that is exactly square, with four equal sides and four right angles.
- Neat and tidy / Orderly: Describing objects that are arranged in a very neat, precise, and orderly manner, often forming straight lines or regular shapes.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Mảnh vườn nhà cô ấy thật vuông vắn. (Her garden plot is perfectly square.)
- Cậu bé xếp sách vuông vắn trên bàn. (The boy arranged the books neatly on the table.)
Advanced Usage
- The word is often used to imply a pleasing sense of order, precision, and regularity beyond just geometric shape. It can describe abstract qualities like proper, correct behavior.
- Công việc đã được giải quyết một cách vuông vắn. (The matter was resolved properly and conclusively.)
Variants and Related Words
Vuông (adj): Square. This is the basic root word for the shape.
- Một chiếc bàn vuông. (A square table.)
Ngay ngắn (adj): Straight, orderly, properly arranged. A close synonym for the "tidy" sense.
- Hãy ngồi cho ngay ngắn. (Please sit up straight.)
Synonyms
- Square: Having the shape of a square.
- Neat: Arranged in an orderly, tidy way.
- Orderly: Neatly and methodically arranged.
Related Idioms
- Vuông tròn: Literally "square and round"; used to describe something that is complete, proper, and satisfactory in all aspects, often regarding fulfilling duties or social propriety.
- Làm tròn bổn phận, vuông tròn trách nhiệm. (To fulfill one's duties and responsibilities completely.)