đườn đưỡn

Definition

1. Adjective:
   • To be stretched out; to be sprawled: Describes a person or animal lying or reclining in a very relaxed, stretched-out, and often careless or lazy manner.
   • To be languid; to be indolent: Conveys a state of laziness or sluggishness, often with the body extended in a relaxed posture.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Nó nằm đườn đưỡn trên ghế sofa cả ngày. (He lay sprawled out on the sofa all day.)
  • Mấy con mèo đườn đưỡn dưới nắng ấm. (The cats were stretched out languidly in the warm sun.)

Advanced Usage

• The word is often used in a reduplicative form for emphasis, vividly depicting a posture of complete relaxation and idleness.

Variants and Related Words

• Đưỡn (v): to stretch oneself out; to sprawl. "Đườn đưỡn" is an emphatic, reduplicative form derived from this root.
  • Đừng có đưỡn người ra thế! (Don't sprawl out like that!)

Synonyms

• Sprawled: to lie or sit with one's limbs stretched out carelessly.
• Languid: displaying a disinclination for physical exertion; slow and relaxed.
• Recumbent: lying down.

Related Idioms

• While not a standalone idiom, the term itself often carries an idiomatic nuance of excessive laziness or carefree lounging.