dong

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Lá dong dùng để gói bánh chưng rất thơm.

Definition

Noun:
- Arrowroot (plant): A type of plant (genus Phrynium or Maranta), whose leaves are commonly used in Vietnamese cuisine, especially for wrapping food like sticky rice cakes (bánh chưng, bánh tét).
- Phrynium leaf: Specifically refers to the leaf of the dong plant, used as a wrapping material.
Verb:
- To drive, to herd, to escort: To guide or move animals (like buffalo, cattle) or sometimes people from one place to another.
- (Dialectal) To tolerate, to forgive: A regional phonetic variation of the word "dung" (容), meaning to tolerate or pardon.

Usage Examples

Noun:
- Lá dong dùng để gói bánh chưng. (Dong leaves are used to wrap square sticky rice cakes.)
- Cây dong thường mọc ở vùng đồi núi. (The arrowroot plant often grows in hilly areas.)
Verb:
- Người nông dân dong trâu về chuồng. (The farmer drove the buffalo back to the shed.)
- Anh ấy dong đàn bò ra chợ bán. (He herded the cattle to the market to sell.)
- (Dialectal) Biết lỗi rồi thì nên dong thứ cho nó. (Since he knows his mistake, you should forgive him.)

Advanced Usage

"dong buồn": This is a poetic or literary phrase meaning "to carry/push away sadness" or "to dispel sorrow". It is an advanced, figurative use of the verb.
- Chàng tìm đến rượu để dong buồn. (He turned to wine to drown his sorrows.)

Variants and Related Words

Lá dong (n): Dong leaf. The specific part of the plant used in cooking.
Cây dong (n): Dong plant, arrowroot plant.
Dong riềng (n): A specific type of dong plant (often ), sometimes confused with or related to the common "dong".
Dong cỏ (n): Refers to driving/pasturing grass-eating animals.

Synonyms

Lái, đuổi (v): To drive, to herd (for the verb meaning related to animals).
Dẫn, áp tải (v): To lead, to escort (for the verb meaning related to guiding).
Tha thứ, khoan dung (v): To forgive, to tolerate (for the dialectal verb meaning).

Related Phrases (Collocations)

Notes on Usage

As a noun, "dong" is most commonly associated with the plant and its leaves in everyday modern Vietnamese, especially in culinary contexts.
As a verb, the meaning "to drive/herd" is still used but may sound somewhat rustic or specific to rural contexts.
The dialectal verb meaning ("to tolerate") is not standard in the mainstream language and its usage is geographically limited. It is important to distinguish it from the standard word "dung" (容).

Lá dong dùng để gói bánh chưng rất thơm.

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