Definitions

1. Noun:
   • Small, dry, easily flammable firewood: Refers to small pieces of dry wood, typically twigs or kindling, used to start a fire because they catch fire quickly.
   • Kindling, tinder: Specifically denotes dry, combustible material used to ignite a larger fire.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy nhặt củi rả để nhóm bếp. (He gathered kindling to start the kitchen fire.)
  • Chỉ cần một ít củi rả là có thể đốt lên ngọn lửa. (Just a little tinder is enough to start a flame.)

Advanced Usage

• "Chỉ là củi rả": Used metaphorically to describe something insignificant, trivial, or easily consumed/destroyed.
  • Những lời chỉ trích đó chỉ là củi rả, đừng bận tâm. (Those criticisms are just trivial; don't pay them any mind.)

Variants and Related Words

• Củi đóm (noun): A more formal or standard synonym for 'củi rả', meaning kindling or tinder.
• Rơm rạ (noun): Straw and stubble; dry plant material also used as tinder or kindling.
• Mồi lửa (noun): Fire starter, ignition material.

Synonyms

• Củi mồi: Fire-starting wood, kindling.
• Vật dễ cháy: Flammable material.

Related Phrases (Collocations)

• Nhóm lửa bằng củi rả: To start a fire using kindling.
  • Ông cụ nhóm lửa bằng củi rả rất nhanh. (The old man starts a fire with kindling very quickly.)
• Kiếm củi rả: To gather kindling.
  • Trẻ con vào rừng kiếm củi rả. (The children went into the forest to gather kindling.)

Related Idioms

• Cháy như củi rả: To burn very quickly and vigorously, like kindling. Often used metaphorically for emotions (e.g., anger) or situations that escalate rapidly.
  • Cơn giận của anh ấy cháy như củi rả. (His anger flared up like kindling.)