Definition

1. Noun:
   • Relief rice: Rice distributed for free as aid, typically by a government or charitable organization, to poor or hungry people during times of famine or hardship.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chính quyền địa phương phát chẩn mễ cho các gia đình bị ảnh hưởng bởi lũ lụt. (The local government distributed relief rice to families affected by the flood.)
  • Trong nạn đói, nhiều người phải xếp hàng để nhận chẩn mễ. (During the famine, many people had to queue to receive relief rice.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is historical and formal, primarily used in the context of traditional or historical relief efforts, often in pre-modern or feudal societal contexts.

Variants and Related Words

• Phát chẩn (v): to distribute relief aid or alms.
  • Hội từ thiện tổ chức phát chẩn cho người vô gia cư. (The charity organization distributes alms to the homeless.)

Synonyms

• Aid rice: Rice given as assistance.
• Relief grain: A more general term for grain distributed as aid.

Related Idioms

• While "chẩn mễ" itself is not commonly found in idioms, it is conceptually related to themes of charity and crisis support.