lảng

See also: Appendix:Variations of "lang"

Vietnamese
FWOTD – 16 August 2020

Pronunciation

Verb

lảng • (𤎜, 𨅉)

  1. to sneak away; to take French leave
    • 1978, Chu Lai, chapter 2, in Nắng đồng bằng, NXB Quân đội Nhân dân:
      Anh đứng dậy, lảng ra hố bom, ngồi nhìn trân trân mấy mảng rong xanh giập giờn trong lòng nước.
      He got up, sneaked away to the bomb crater, and sat down to unmovingly look at the patches of green algae bobbing in and out of sight in the water.
  2. to digress; to try to avoid talking about something; to turn away
    • 1936, Vũ Trọng Phụng, chapter 2, in Số đỏ, Hà Nội báo:
      Muốn lảng chuyện, ông ta bảo người lính xuống nhà giam tạm, lôi bọn người bị bắt lên lấy cung.
      Wishing to turn the conversation away [from this topic], he told the policeman to go down to the temporary prison and drag the arrested people up for interrogation.

Derived terms
Derived terms

Adjective

lảng

  1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) hard of hearing due to old age
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