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bờ bụi

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Definition
  1. Noun:
    • Hedges and bushes, thickets, undergrowth: "Bờ bụi" refers to areas densely covered with low-growing plants, shrubs, and bushes, typically found at the edges of fields, roads, or forests. It describes a general, often wild, vegetative landscape.
    • Out-of-the-way places, remote or obscure spots: By extension, it can metaphorically refer to secluded, peripheral, or hard-to-reach places.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:
    • Con chim nhỏ bay vào trong bờ bụi. (The small bird flew into the thicket.)
    • Họ đi tìm khắp bờ bụi quanh làng. (They went searching through all the hedges and bushes around the village.)
    • Anh ấy sống ở một nơi hẻo lánh, toàn là bờ bụi. (He lives in a remote place, full of thickets.)
Advanced Usage
  • "khắp bờ bụi" / "tìm khắp bờ bụi": This is a common idiomatic expression meaning "to search everywhere," "to look high and low," or "to comb every nook and cranny." It emphasizes a thorough search, even in obscure or unlikely places.
    • Cảnh sát đã tìm khắp bờ bụi nhưng vẫn không thấy manh mối. (The police searched high and low but still found no clues.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Bụi rậm (n): Thicket, dense bush. This is a more specific synonym for a dense area of bushes.
    • Con hổ ẩn mình trong bụi rậm. (The tiger hid itself in the dense thicket.)
  • Lùm cây (n): Clump of trees, grove. Refers to a small group of trees or shrubs.
  • Bờ giậu (n): Hedge, fence line. Specifically refers to the vegetated border, often more managed than "bờ bụi."
Synonyms
  • Bụi cây: Bushes, shrubs.
  • Lùm bụi: Thicket, clump of bushes.
Related Phrases
  • Lang thang bờ bụi: To wander around in the bushes/outskirts; often implies a vagabond or fringe existence.
    • Kẻ tình nghi đã lang thang bờ bụi nhiều ngày. (The suspect had been wandering around the outskirts for many days.)
Related Idioms
  • "Chui vào bờ bụi": Literally "to crawl into the bushes." Can mean to hide, to go into hiding, or to engage in illicit activities.
    • Sau vụ án, hắn ta chui vào bờ bụi mất tiêu. (After the case, he went into hiding and disappeared.)
bờ bụi

Lũ chim sẻ thường trú ẩn trong các bờ bụi ven đường.

  1. Hedge and bush, thick bush (nói khái quát)
    • tìm khắp bờ bụi
      to search hedges and bushes, to look for everywhere