cá vền
Definition
- Noun:
- Bream: A type of freshwater fish belonging to the Cyprinidae family, characterized by a laterally compressed, deep body and silvery scales. It is commonly found in rivers and lakes.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Anh ấy câu được một con cá vền rất to. (He caught a very large bream.)
- Cá vền là một loài cá phổ biến ở đồng bằng sông Cửu Long. (Bream is a common fish species in the Mekong Delta.)
Advanced Usage
- "Cá vền cỏ": A specific common name, literally "grass bream," which may refer to certain herbivorous or bottom-feeding bream species.
- Cá vền cỏ thường ăn rong tảo dưới đáy hồ. (Grass bream often feed on algae at the bottom of the lake.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cá trắm (n): Another type of cyprinid fish, often larger; sometimes translated as "black carp" or "grass carp."
- Cá mè (n): Silver carp or bighead carp, also from the Cyprinidae family.
Synonyms
- Bream (n): The direct English translation.
- Freshwater bream (n): A more descriptive term specifying its habitat.
Related Phrases
- Đi câu cá vền: To go fishing for bream.
- Cuối tuần, ông nội thích đi câu cá vền. (On weekends, my grandfather likes to go fishing for bream.)
Related Idioms
(No common idioms specifically feature the word 'cá vền'. It is primarily a technical/zoological term.)