Definition

1. Noun:
   • Wine-gourd: A traditional container, typically made from a dried gourd, used for storing and carrying rice wine or other alcoholic beverages. It often has a narrow neck and is sometimes decorated.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông lão mang theo bầu rượu khi lên nương. (The old man carried a wine-gourd when going to the upland field.)
  • Bầu rượu này đựng rượu nếp ngon lắm. (This wine-gourd contains very delicious glutinous rice wine.)

Advanced Usage

• The term can evoke traditional, rural, or ceremonial imagery, often associated with ethnic minority groups or historical contexts in Vietnam.
• (In the ceremony, the wine-gourd was presented to the clan chief.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bầu nước (n): A gourd used for carrying water.
  • Bầu nước được treo ở cửa lều. (The water gourd was hung at the tent entrance.)

Synonyms

• Gourd flask: A container made from a gourd.
• Wine vessel: A general term for a container holding wine.

Related Idioms

• Bầu rượu túi thơ: Literally "wine-gourd and bag of poems," symbolizing a romantic, wandering poet's lifestyle.
  • Cuộc sống bầu rượu túi thơ của ông ấy thật phóng khoáng. (His life of "wine-gourd and bag of poems" was truly free-spirited.)

noun

1. wine-gourd