đà đận
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Definition
- Verb:
- To dawdle, to dilly-dally: To act or move slowly, wasting time, often by being indecisive or procrastinating. It implies a lack of urgency or purpose in one's actions.
- To linger, to loiter: To spend time idly or aimlessly, often in a specific place, without making progress.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Đừng có đà đận nữa, chúng ta sắp trễ rồi. (Stop dawdling, we're going to be late.)
- Cô ấy cứ đà đận ở cửa hàng sách cả buổi chiều. (She kept lingering in the bookstore all afternoon.)
- Anh ta đà đận mãi không chịu đưa ra quyết định. (He kept dilly-dallying and wouldn't make a decision.)
Advanced Usage
"đà đận hết thì giờ": to dawdle away all the time.
- Nó đà đận hết thì giờ buổi sáng. (He dawdled away the whole morning.)
Often used in a disapproving or critical tone to describe someone's slow, inefficient behavior that causes delay.
Variants and Related Words
- Chần chừ (verb): To hesitate, to delay. (Focuses more on indecision).
- Lần lữa (verb): To procrastinate, to put off. (Focuses more on postponing action).
- Lề mề (adjective): Slow, sluggish, tardy. (Describes a characteristic of being slow).
Synonyms
- Lưỡng lự: To hesitate, to be indecisive.
- Trì hoãn: To delay, to postpone.
Related Phrases (Phrasal Verbs)
- Đi đà đận: To walk slowly/dawdlingly.
- Đứa bé đi đà đận phía sau mẹ. (The child walked dawdlingly behind his mother.)
Related Idioms
- Đà đận như rùa: To dawdle like a turtle. (To be extremely slow).
- Làm nhanh lên, đừng có đà đận như rùa thế! (Hurry up, don't dawdle like a turtle!)
- Dawdle, diily-dally
- Anh chàng lúc nào cũng đà đậnHe is always dilly-dallying