Definition

1. Noun:
   • Thicket, dense bushes: A dense growth of shrubs, bushes, and small trees, often forming an impenetrable mass.
   • Undergrowth, brush: The low-lying vegetation and shrubs in a forest or wooded area.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Con thỏ nhảy vào bụi rậm để trốn. (The rabbit jumped into the thicket to hide.)
  • Chúng tôi phải dùng dao phát quang bụi rậm để mở đường. (We had to use a machete to clear the undergrowth to open a path.)
  • Những bụi rậm ở đây rất dày đặc. (The bushes here are very dense.)

Advanced Usage

• "lạc vào bụi rậm": to get lost in the thicket/undergrowth.

  • Người thám hiểm đã lạc vào bụi rậm. (The explorer got lost in the thicket.)

• "ẩn nấp trong bụi rậm": to hide in the bushes.

  • Con hổ ẩn nấp trong bụi rậm, chờ đợi con mồi. (The tiger hid in the bushes, waiting for its prey.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bụi cây (n): Bush, shrub. Refers to a single or a few bushes, less dense than "bụi rậm".

  • Một bụi cây hoa hồng. (A rose bush.)

• Rừng rậm (n): Dense forest, jungle. A larger, more extensive area of dense vegetation.

  • Khám phá rừng rậm Amazon. (To explore the Amazon rainforest.)

Synonyms

• Lùm cây: Thicket, clump of trees/bushes.
• Bờ giậu: Hedge (a line of closely planted shrubs or bushes).

Related Phrases

• Bụi rậm rạp: Very dense and tangled thicket (emphasizing extreme density).
  • Khu vực phía sau nhà là một mảng bụi rậm rạp. (The area behind the house is a patch of very dense thicket.)

Related Idioms

• Chui vào bụi rậm: Literally "to crawl into the thicket". Can figuratively mean to withdraw from society or a difficult situation.
  • Sau thất bại, anh ta chỉ muốn chui vào bụi rậm. (After the failure, he just wanted to hide away from the world.)

1. Thicket, bush