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Definition
Noun:
- The second Heavenly Stem: In the traditional East Asian decimal cycle of Heavenly Stems (Thiên Can), "Ất" is the second stem, following "Giáp". This system is used in calendrical, historical, and cosmological contexts.
Noun (colloquial usage):
- An unknown or insignificant thing: Used informally to denote something one does not know or consider unimportant, often in the fixed phrase "ất giáp".
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Năm Ất Dậu 1945 là một năm quan trọng trong lịch sử Việt Nam. (The year Ất Dậu 1945 is an important year in Vietnamese history.)
- Anh ta chẳng biết ất giáp gì về vấn đề này cả. (He doesn't know the first thing about this issue.)
Advanced Usage
- "ất giáp": A compound term literally meaning "Ất and Giáp" (the first two stems), used idiomatically to mean "anything at all" or "the basics".
- Công việc này mới, tôi chưa biết ất giáp gì. (This work is new, I don't know anything about it yet.)
Variants and Related Words
- Thiên Can (n): Heavenly Stems, the decimal cycle including Giáp, Ất, Bính, Đinh, etc.
- Địa Chi (n): Earthly Branches, the duodecimal cycle often paired with the Heavenly Stems to form the 60-year cycle.
Synonyms
- Second stem: Referring to its ordinal position in the cycle.
- Uncertainty: In its colloquial sense of something unknown.
Related Idioms
- Không biết ất giáp gì: To not know anything at all; to be completely ignorant about something.
- Về lĩnh vực tài chính, tôi không biết ất giáp gì. (Regarding finance, I don't know the first thing about it.)