dao quắm

Thân thiện

Người nông dân dùng dao quắm để phát cỏ ven đường.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of knife: "dao quắm" refers to a specific type of knife, typically one with a curved blade, often used for agricultural purposes like cutting grass, small branches, or harvesting crops.
   • A sickle or billhook: It can describe a curved cutting tool, similar to a sickle or a small billhook, used in farming and gardening.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người nông dân dùng dao quắm để cắt cỏ. (The farmer uses a dao quắm to cut grass.)
  • Dao quắm là công cụ không thể thiếu trong việc thu hoạch lúa. (The dao quắm is an indispensable tool for harvesting rice.)

Advanced Usage

• "dao quắm" as a cultural or historical tool: The term can be used to refer to traditional farming implements in Vietnamese rural life.
  • Trong bảo tàng nông nghiệp, chúng tôi đã thấy nhiều loại dao quắm cổ. (In the agricultural museum, we saw many types of ancient dao quắm.)

Variants and Related Words

• Dao (n): A general term for knife.
  • Dao phay: Kitchen knife.
• Liềm (n): Sickle. While similar, a "liềm" often has a more pronounced semicircular blade and is specifically associated with reaping grain.
• Rựa (n): A larger chopping knife or machete, used for heavier cutting than a "dao quắm".

Synonyms

• Bush-whacker: A tool for cutting through bushes and undergrowth.
• Serpe/Serpette (French loanwords in some contexts): Pruning knife or billhook.

Related Phrases

• Cầm dao quắm: To hold/wield a .
  • Anh ấy cầm dao quắm đi vào rừng. (He went into the forest wielding a dao quắm.)
• Phát cỏ bằng dao quắm: To clear weeds with a .
  • Họ phát cỏ quanh vườn bằng dao quắm. (They cleared the weeds around the garden with a dao quắm.)

Related Idioms

• Nhát dao quắm: A cut/strike from a . Can be used literally or metaphorically to describe a sharp, decisive, or crude action.
  • Lời nói của anh ta như nhát dao quắm. (His words were like a cut from a dao quắm [i.e., harsh and cutting].)

Học thuật

1. Bush-whacker