dưa
Definition
- Noun:
- Melon; Cucurbit: A general term for various vine plants in the gourd family (Cucurbitaceae) whose fleshy, watery fruits are eaten raw, such as watermelon, cucumber, or cantaloupe.
- Pickled/Salted Vegetables: A dish made from vegetables or tubers that are salted and fermented until sour.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Fruit):
- Trời nắng tốt dưa. (Sunny weather is good for melons.)
- Mẹ mua quả dưa hấu rất to. (Mom bought a very large watermelon.)
- Noun (Pickled food):
- Bữa trưa có thịt kho với dưa cải. (Lunch featured braised pork with pickled mustard greens.)
- Dưa muối đã chua rồi. (The pickled vegetables are already sour.)
Advanced Usage
- The word "dưa" is rarely used alone to specify a type. It is almost always part of a compound noun identifying the specific variety.
- "làm dưa": to pickle vegetables.
- Bà tôi thường làm dưa cà vào mùa hè. (My grandmother usually pickles eggplants in the summer.)
Variants and Related Words
- Dưa hấu (n): Watermelon.
- Dưa chuột / Dưa leo (n): Cucumber.
- Dưa gang (n): A type of melon (often Oriental pickling melon).
- Dưa cải (n): Pickled mustard greens.
- Dưa hành (n): Pickled spring onions, traditionally served during Tết (Lunar New Year).
- Dưa muối (n): A general term for salted/pickled vegetables.
Synonyms
- Melon: For the fruit sense (e.g., cantaloupe, honeydew).
- Pickle: For the preserved food sense (though "dưa" typically refers to lacto-fermented vegetables, not vinegar-pickled).
Related Idioms and Sayings
- Không ưa thì dưa có giòi: Literally "If you don't like it, even the pickles have maggots." Meaning: When you dislike someone/something, you find faults everywhere.
- Ăn dưa cả cụm: Literally "To eat melon, eat the whole cluster." Meaning: To do something thoroughly or completely.
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Melon; salted vegetables
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