bươm bướm

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Một con bươm bướm đậu trên một bông hoa hồng.

Definition

Noun:
- Butterfly: An insect with large, often brightly colored wings. This is the primary and most common meaning.
- Handbill / Leaflet / Flyer: A small piece of paper with information or propaganda, distributed by hand. This meaning comes from the way such papers are scattered, resembling fluttering butterflies.
- A type of wild plant: A wild plant whose flowers resemble white butterfly wings, sometimes used in traditional medicine.

Usage Examples

Noun (Insect):
- Trẻ con thích đuổi theo những con bươm bướm. (Children like to chase butterflies.)
Noun (Leaflet):
- Họ rải bươm bướm khắp phố để kêu gọi biểu tình. (They scattered leaflets all over the street to call for a protest.)
Noun (Plant):
- Bà tôi thường hái cây bươm bướm về nấu nước uống. (My grandmother often picks the butterfly plant to boil for drinking water.)

Advanced Usage

"truyền đơn bươm bướm": This is a fixed phrase specifically meaning "handbill" or "leaflet," emphasizing its small, scattered nature.
- Công an thu giữ nhiều truyền đơn bươm bướm tại hiện trường. (The police confiscated many leaflets at the scene.)

Variants and Related Words

Bướm: A more common, shorter synonym for "butterfly" (the insect). "Bươm bướm" can sound slightly more descriptive or poetic.
Bom bươm bướm (historical/military term): A type of "butterfly bomb" or cluster munition, named for its fin-like projections or scattering effect.

Synonyms

Butterfly: For the insect.
Flyer / Leaflet / Handbill: For the piece of paper.
Pamphlet: A related term for a small booklet, though typically larger than a "bươm bướm."

Related Idioms

Đầu voi đuôi bươm bướm: An idiom meaning "grandiose at the start but trivial at the end" or "starting like an elephant, ending like a butterfly," describing something that begins impressively but ends insignificantly.
- Kế hoạch của họ thật là đầu voi đuôi bươm bướm. (Their plan is truly grandiose at the start but trivial at the end.)

Một con bươm bướm đậu trên một bông hoa hồng.

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