đâu đâu
Học thuậtThân thiện
Definition
- Adverb:
- Everywhere, in every place: Indicates that something exists, occurs, or is found in all locations without exception.
- Unfounded, not supported by facts, baseless: Used to describe information, stories, or rumors that are fabricated, lack evidence, or are purely speculative.
Usage Examples
Adverb (Everywhere): Đâu đâu cũng thấy cờ hoa. (Flags and flowers are seen everywhere.) Tin tức này lan truyền đâu đâu. (This news is spreading everywhere.)
Adverb (Unfounded/Baseless): Đó chỉ là chuyện đâu đâu, đừng tin. (That's just a baseless story, don't believe it.) Anh ta kể toàn những chuyện đâu đâu. (He tells nothing but unfounded tales.)
Advanced Usage
- "đâu đâu cũng...": A common structure emphasizing universality, meaning "everywhere, it is also...". (People are complaining about prices everywhere.)
- Used to dismiss information as gossip or fabrication. (It's all just unfounded rumors, with no basis.)
Variants and Related Words
- Đâu: An interrogative adverb meaning "where". Can be used in rhetorical or negative constructions (e.g., - "nowhere to be found", "it's not like that").
- Mọi nơi: A synonym meaning "every place", "everywhere" (neutral, factual).
- Khắp nơi: A synonym meaning "all over the place", "everywhere" (emphasizing wide distribution).
Synonyms
- Khắp nơi: All over, everywhere.
- Mọi nơi: Every place.
- Vô căn cứ: Baseless, unfounded (for the second meaning).
- Bịa đặt: Fabricated, made-up (for the second meaning).
Related Idioms/Phrases
- Chuyện đâu đâu: A baseless story; a tall tale.
- Tin đồn đâu đâu: An unfounded rumor.
- Ngồi lê đôi mách đâu đâu: Idle, baseless gossip.
- Everywhere, in every place
- Đâu đâu người ta cũng đều bàn tánIt is being talked about everywhere
- Unfounded, not supported by facts, ide
- Chuyện đâu đâuA story not supported by facts
- Tin đồn đâu đâuA unfounded rumour
- Chuyện ngồi lê đôi mách đâu đâuAn ide gossip