cánh sẻ
- Noun:
- A crosswise or diagonal arrangement: "cánh sẻ" refers to a pattern, structure, or direction that is set obliquely or in a crossing manner, like the crossing of sparrow's wings or crossed latticework.
- A crossfire (military): In a military context, it can denote gunfire coming from two or more directions so that the lines of fire cross.
- Noun:
- Hàng rào được đan theo kiểu cánh sẻ. (The fence was woven in a crosswise pattern.)
- Lính bắn chéo cánh sẻ vào vị trí của địch. (The soldiers laid down crossfire on the enemy position.)
"bắn chéo cánh sẻ": to lay down crossfire; to fire from intersecting directions.
- Chiến thuật bắn chéo cánh sẻ khiến đối phương không thể trốn tránh. (The crossfire tactic made it impossible for the enemy to take cover.)
"rào cánh sẻ": to build a fence with posts or slats set in a diagonal or crosswise pattern.
- Người nông dân rào cánh sẻ quanh vườn để chống trộm. (The farmer built a crosswise fence around the garden to prevent theft.)
Chéo (adj): diagonal, oblique.
- Đường chéo (diagonal line)
Chéo cánh (phrase): This is a common compound phrase meaning "crosswise" or "diagonally," often used interchangeably with or as part of "cánh sẻ" in some contexts like "bắn chéo cánh."
- Chéo góc: diagonal, angled.
- Chữ thập: cross-shaped.
- Giao nhau: intersecting.
(Note: As "cánh sẻ" is primarily a noun, it forms set phrases with verbs rather than phrasal verbs in the English sense.) - Đan cánh sẻ: to weave or arrange in a crosswise pattern. - Họ đan những thanh tre theo lối cánh sẻ. (They weave the bamboo strips in a crosswise style.)
(Note: "Cánh sẻ" itself is not commonly used in standalone idioms. Its idiomatic use is embedded in the set phrases described above, such as "bắn chéo cánh sẻ.")
- Crossed
- bắn chéo cánh sẻto lay a cross fire
- rào cánh sẻto build a fence with posts set crosswise