Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of freshwater fish: "cá trôi" refers to a species of freshwater fish belonging to the carp family (Cyprinidae), commonly found in rivers and lakes in Vietnam and other parts of Asia. Its scientific name is Labeo rohita, and it is often known in English as the rohu or major carp.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Món cá trôi nướng rất thơm ngon. (Grilled rohu fish is very delicious.)
  • Ngư dân đánh bắt được nhiều cá trôi trên sông. (The fishermen caught many rohu fish in the river.)
  • Cá trôi là một nguyên liệu phổ biến trong ẩm thực miền Bắc. (Rohu is a common ingredient in Northern Vietnamese cuisine.)

Advanced Usage

• "Cá trôi nước": This phrase literally means "fish drifting in water" and is an idiom. It is used to describe a person who is carefree, without a stable job or fixed abode, drifting along with circumstances.
  • Anh ấy sống cuộc đời cá trôi nước, không lo nghĩ về ngày mai. (He lives a carefree, drifting life, not worrying about tomorrow.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cá trắm (n): Another type of large carp, such as grass carp or black carp.
• Cá chép (n): Common carp.
• Cá mè (n): Silver carp or bighead carp.
• Họ cá chép (n): The Cyprinidae family, to which the rohu belongs.

Synonyms

• Rohu (n): The common English name for .
• Major carp (n): A general term that can include rohu and other large carp species.
• Labeo (n): The genus name, sometimes used as a common name.

Related Phrases

• Đánh bắt cá trôi: to catch rohu fish.
• Nuôi cá trôi: to farm/raise rohu fish.
• Thịt cá trôi: rohu fish meat.

Related Idioms

• Cá trôi nước: As mentioned in "Advanced Usage," this idiom describes a drifting, aimless, or carefree lifestyle.
  • Sau khi mất việc, anh ta bắt đầu sống kiểu cá trôi nước. (After losing his job, he started living a drifting, aimless life.)

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