Definition

1. Noun:
   • Shoot, bud: A young, newly grown part of a plant, typically emerging from a stem, branch, leaf axil, or root, which will develop into a new branch, leaf, or plant.
   • Sucker: A shoot that grows from the root or lower part of the stem of a plant.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cây cối đang đâm chồi nảy lộc sau mùa đông. (The trees are budding and sprouting after winter.)
  • Người làm vườn cắt bỏ những chồi mọc từ gốc cây. (The gardener removed the suckers growing from the tree base.)
  • Nhìn những chồi non xanh mơn mởn thật là đẹp. (Looking at the tender green shoots is truly beautiful.)

Advanced Usage

• "đâm chồi nảy lộc": to bud and sprout; often used metaphorically to signify new growth, revival, or the beginning of prosperity.
  • Sau cơn mưa, cánh đồng đâm chồi nảy lộc. (After the rain, the field budded and sprouted.)
• "chồi ngọn": terminal bud (the primary bud at the tip of a stem).
  • Chồi ngọn quyết định chiều cao của cây. (The terminal bud determines the plant's height.)
• "chồi nách": axillary bud (a bud located in the axil of a leaf).
  • Hoa thường phát triển từ chồi nách. (Flowers often develop from axillary buds.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chồi rễ (n): root sucker.
  • Chồi rễ của cây này có thể trồng thành cây mới. (The root suckers of this plant can be planted to grow new trees.)
• Chồi non (n): young shoot, tender bud.
• Nảy chồi (v): to sprout buds.

Synonyms

• Mầm: sprout, germ (often refers to a very young shoot or the beginning stage of growth).
• Lộc: new shoot, young leaf (often used in poetic contexts or in the phrase "nảy lộc").

Related Phrases

• Trổ chồi: to put forth shoots.
  • Cây hoa đào bắt đầu trổ chồi vào cuối đông. (The peach blossom tree begins to put forth shoots at the end of winter.)
• Bẻ chồi: to pinch off buds/shoots (a gardening technique to control growth).
  • Bẻ chồi ngọn để cây ra nhiều cành. (Pinch off the terminal bud to make the plant branch out more.)

Related Idioms

• "Đâm chồi nảy lộc": This is the primary idiom. It literally means "to sprout buds and shoots" and figuratively means to flourish, to begin to grow and prosper, often after a period of dormancy or difficulty.
  • Công việc kinh doanh của họ cuối cùng cũng đâm chồi nảy lộc. (Their business finally began to flourish.)

noun

1. Shoot, bud
   • đâm chồi nẩy lộc
     buds and shoots burst
   • chồi rễ
     a sucker