chó ngộ

Dân làng được cảnh bảo về một con chó ngộ trong khu vực.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Rabid dog: A dog infected with rabies, a serious viral disease affecting the brain and nervous system, often exhibiting aggressive or unusual behavior.
   • Mad dog: A colloquial term for a dog behaving in a wild, frenzied, or dangerously aggressive manner, typically associated with rabies.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Dân làng được cảnh báo về một con chó ngộ trong khu vực. (Villagers were warned about a rabid dog in the area.)
  • Tránh xa con chó đó ra, trông như chó ngộ vậy. (Stay away from that dog; it looks like a mad dog.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "chó ngộ" is identified in some dictionaries as a regional or dialectal variant, particularly in Southern Vietnam, equivalent to the more standard term "chó dại".

Variants and Related Words

• Chó dại (n): The standard term for a rabid or mad dog.
  • Bị chó dại cắn cần tiêm vắc-xin ngay. (Being bitten by a rabid dog requires immediate vaccination.)

Synonyms

• Rabid dog: A dog infected with the rabies virus.
• Mad dog: A dog exhibiting uncontrollable aggression or frenzy.

Related Idioms

• Điên như chó ngộ: To be as crazy as a rabid dog; used to describe someone acting in a wildly irrational or furious manner.
  • Anh ta nổi giận và điên như chó ngộ. (He got angry and was as crazy as a rabid dog.)