Definition

1. Adjective:
   • One-eyed, blind in one eye: Describes a person or animal that has lost vision or has a damaged eye.
   • Stunted, nipped: Describes a plant or animal whose growth has been hindered or stopped, often due to damage or disease.
   • Aborted, undeveloped: Describes a fruit or seed that has failed to develop properly.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:
  • Ông ấy bị chột một mắt sau tai nạn. (He is blind in one eye after the accident.)
  • Cây lúa này bị chột vì hạn hán. (This rice plant is stunted due to drought.)
  • Trên cây có nhiều quả chột. (There are many aborted fruits on the tree.)

Advanced Usage

• "chột dạ": (idiomatic) To feel a sudden pang of fear, guilt, or unease; to have a bad conscience.
  • Nghe tin ấy, anh ta chột dạ. (Hearing that news, he felt a sudden pang of fear.)
• "chột lòng": Similar to "chột dạ," meaning to feel uneasy or apprehensive.
  • Nghĩ đến hậu quả, cô ấy chột lòng. (Thinking of the consequences, she felt uneasy.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chột dạ (idiom): To have a guilty conscience or a sudden fear.
• Chột lòng (idiom): To feel uneasy or apprehensive.
• Mắt chột (phrase): A blind or damaged eye.

Synonyms

• Một mắt (one-eyed): Specifically refers to having only one functional eye.
• Còi cọc (stunted): Refers to stunted growth in plants or animals.
• Lép (empty, unfilled): Often used for grains or seeds that are undeveloped.

Related Phrases

• Làm chột dạ ai: To make someone feel guilty or uneasy.
  • Lời nói của cô ấy làm tôi chột dạ. (Her words made me feel guilty.)
• Chột mắt: To be blind in one eye (literal).
  • Con mèo bị chột mắt. (The cat is blind in one eye.)

Related Idioms

• Ăn chắc mặc bền, sống lâu chột dạ: (Proverb) Emphasizes caution and a tendency to worry, implying that a careful, long life comes with constant unease.
  • Ông cụ luôn dè dặt, đúng là "sống lâu chột dạ". (The old man is always cautious, truly "the longer you live, the more you worry.")

adj

1. One-eyed
   • một người chột
     a one-eyed person
   • chột mắt
     to be blind of one eye, to have one eye damaged completely
2. Nip, stunt
   • cây cam bị chột vì đứt rễ
     the orange tree was nipped because its root was cut
   • con tr6u chột đi sau trận ốm
     the buffalo was stunted after a bout of illness
3. Aborted
   • quả chột
     an aborted fruit