lau4 lau4流流
Jyutpinglau4 lau4
Yalelàuh làuh
Definition
During; in the middle of a specific period of time.
colloquialtime
How it's used
Describes a duration of time that feels particularly long or drawn out. It is almost exclusively used with time-related nouns like 暑假 or 日 to emphasize that the period is stretching on. The reduplication adds a sense of boredom or aimlessness to the passage of time.
Examples
He spends the whole day long not knowing what to do.
The summer break is long, why not go learn something?
Related words
Common mistake
Do not confuse this with the adjective 流, which means fake or low quality. When used to describe time, it must be reduplicated as 流流.
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Grammar guides
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