lảng

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Verb

lảng

  1. to sneak away; to take French leave
  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