cua bể

Trẻ con thích nhìn những con cua bể bò trên bãi cát.

Definitions

1. Noun:
   • Sea crab: A type of crab that lives in the sea, typically larger than freshwater crabs and often used as seafood.
   • Marine crab: A general term for various crab species inhabiting marine or brackish water environments.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nhà hàng này có món cua bể hấp rất ngon. (This restaurant has a very delicious steamed sea crab dish.)
  • Trẻ con thích nhìn những con cua bể bò trên bãi cát. (Children like watching sea crabs crawl on the sandy beach.)
  • Ngư dân vừa đánh bắt được một mẻ cua bể. (The fishermen just caught a haul of sea crabs.)

Advanced Usage

• "cua bể lột": Refers to a soft-shell crab, a crab that has recently molted its old exoskeleton.
  • Cua bể lột thường được chiên giòn để ăn cả vỏ. (Soft-shell crabs are often fried crispy to be eaten whole, including the shell.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cua đồng (n): Field crab, a small freshwater crab.
• Cua biển (n): A direct synonym for 'cua bể', also meaning sea crab.
• Ghẹ (n): A type of smaller marine crab, often with a spotted shell.
• Cua đá (n): Rock crab, another type of marine crab.

Synonyms

• Cua biển: Sea crab.
• Cua mặn: Saltwater crab (less common).

Related Phrases

• Bắt cua bể: To catch sea crabs.
  • Cha tôi thường ra khơi để bắt cua bể. (My father often goes offshore to catch sea crabs.)
• Lột xác cua bể: The molting process of a sea crab.
  • Quá trình lột xác cua bể giúp chúng lớn hơn. (The molting process helps sea crabs grow bigger.)

Related Idioms

• Khỏe như cua bể: (As strong as a sea crab) An idiom describing someone who is very strong and healthy.
  • Ông ấy đã già nhưng vẫn khỏe như cua bể. (He is old but still as strong as an ox / lit. a sea crab.)