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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Adjective
ủ dột
- somber, gloomy, melancholy
2016, chapter 10, in Nguyễn Đức Vịnh, transl., Đừng nói chuyện với cô ấy, part I, NXB Phụ Nữ, translation of 别和她说话 by Yù Jǐn (Ngộ Cẩn):"Bọn họ cũng không có ác ý gì đâu, chỉ vì thấy em có vẻ ủ dột cho nên mới đùa như thế để mong em vui thôi mà, em đừng nên tức giận làm gì."- "They didn't mean it badly; they found you looked somber and so they made a joke, to cheer you up; no need to get all fed up."
- (of sky) dark and grey, heavy
- bầu trời ủ dột ― a somber sky