lảng
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Verb
lảng
- to sneak away; to take French leave
- 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
- (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) hard of hearing due to old age