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Definition
- Noun:
- Eel: A long, thin, snake-like fish with smooth, slippery skin, lacking pelvic fins. It often refers to freshwater eels.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Món lẩu chình rất ngon. (Eel hotpot is very delicious.)
- Anh ấy câu được một con chình to. (He caught a big eel.)
Advanced Usage
- "Chình chệch": A compound word describing something that is not straight, crooked, or askew. This is a separate, idiomatic usage.
- Cái kệ để sách bị chình chệch. (The bookshelf is crooked.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cá chình: The more common and complete term for 'eel'. This is the standard compound noun.
- Cá chình sống ở cả nước ngọt và nước mặn. (Eels live in both fresh and salt water.)
Synonyms
- Lươn: Another type of snake-like fish, often translated as 'freshwater eel' or 'swamp eel'. While similar, 'lươn' and 'chình' refer to different species.
Related Phrases
- "Trơn như chình": An idiom meaning "as slippery as an eel," used to describe something very slippery or a person who is evasive and hard to pin down.
- Tên tội phạm đó trốn tránh, trơn như chình. (That criminal is evasive, as slippery as an eel.)
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