Definition

1. Noun:
   • Market (in a general sense): A public place where people gather to buy and sell goods, especially food and daily necessities. It often implies the bustling, practical, and sometimes chaotic atmosphere of a traditional marketplace.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Mẹ tôi đi chợ búa mỗi sáng để mua rau quả tươi. (My mother goes to the market every morning to buy fresh vegetables and fruits.)
  • Khu chợ búa này rất ồn ào và đông đúc. (This market area is very noisy and crowded.)
  • Công việc chợ búa bận rộn suốt cả ngày. (Market work is busy all day long.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "chợ búa" can be used more abstractly to refer to the general activity, commerce, or environment of trading and bargaining, not just the physical location.
  • Anh ấy hiểu rõ các thủ thuật chợ búa. (He understands the tricks of the trade in the marketplace.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chợ (n): Market. A more common and neutral term for a market.

  • Chợ nổi Cái Răng là một điểm thu hút du lịch. (Cai Rang floating market is a tourist attraction.)

• Búa (n, separate word): Hammer. In the compound "chợ búa", "búa" does not carry its literal meaning but contributes to the colloquial, emphatic nature of the term, evoking the idea of a hard, practical, or rough-and-tumble trading place.

Synonyms

• Marketplace: An open area or building where goods are traded.
• Bazaar: A market, especially in the Middle East or South Asia, or a fundraising sale of miscellaneous items.
• Trading place: A location for commercial transactions.

Related Idioms

• Đầu chợ búa: Literally "the head of the market," referring to a key or prominent position within the market's activity or social structure.

  • Bà ấy là một nhân vật đầu chợ búa, ai cũng biết tiếng. (She is a prominent figure in the market, everyone knows her.)

• Chuyện chợ búa: Market talk; gossip or trivial, everyday conversation typical of a marketplace setting.

  • Họ ngồi uống nước bàn toàn chuyện chợ búa. (They sat drinking tea discussing nothing but market gossip.)

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