diều
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Definition
Noun:
- Kite: A lightweight toy, traditionally made of a bamboo frame covered with paper, designed to be flown in the air at the end of a long string.
- Crop (of a bird): A pouch-like enlargement of a bird's esophagus where food is stored and softened before digestion.
- Gizzard (of an insect): A muscular part of an insect's digestive tract, analogous to a bird's gizzard.
Noun (shortened form):
- Kite (bird): A shortened, colloquial form of "diều hâu," meaning a hawk or kite (the bird of prey).
Usage Examples
Noun (Kite):
- Bọn trẻ đang thả diều trên cánh đồng. (The children are flying a kite in the field.)
- Chiếc diều giấy đó rất đẹp. (That paper kite is very beautiful.)
Noun (Anatomy):
- Chim bồ câu có diều để chứa thức ăn. (Pigeons have a crop to store food.)
- Diều của sâu bọ giúp nghiền thức ăn. (The insect's gizzard helps grind food.)
Advanced Usage
- "Lên như diều": An idiom meaning to rise rapidly or skyrocket, often referring to a promotion, price, or status.
- Giá cổ phiếu công ty đó lên như diều. (That company's stock price is skyrocketing.)
Variants and Related Words
Diều hâu (n): Hawk, kite (the bird of prey).
- Con diều hâu đang săn mồi. (The hawk is hunting.)
Thả diều (v): To fly a kite.
- Chúng tôi thả diều vào buổi chiều. (We fly kites in the afternoon.)
Diều sáo (n): A type of kite equipped with a bamboo flute that creates a humming sound in the wind.
Synonyms
- Kite: Toy for flying (e.g., paper kite).
- Crop: Avian digestive pouch.
- Gizzard: Grinding stomach in birds/insects.
- Hawk: Bird of prey (from "diều hâu").
Related Idioms
- Diều tha, quạ mổ: An idiom describing a state of extreme vulnerability or being at the mercy of predators (literally: "hawks snatch, crows peck").
- Sau trận bão, đồ đạc tan hoang, diều tha quạ mổ. (After the storm, belongings were scattered and vulnerable to scavengers.)
noun
- kite paper-kite
- thả diềuto fly a kite crop (of a bird)