dăm bào
Definition
- Noun:
- Wood shavings, wood chips: "Dăm bào" refers to the small, thin pieces or curls of wood produced as waste material when planing, shaving, or cutting wood.
- Sawdust: In some contexts, it can also refer to the fine particles of wood produced by sawing or sanding.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Sau khi bào tấm gỗ, anh ấy quét sạch đống dăm bào trên sàn. (After planing the wooden board, he swept up the pile of wood shavings from the floor.)
- Chúng tôi dùng dăm bào để lót chuồng cho thú cưng. (We use wood shavings to line the pet's cage.)
Advanced Usage
- "Dăm bào" as a metaphor for something insignificant or worthless: Sometimes used figuratively to describe something trivial or of little value.
- Những lời hứa suông ấy chẳng khác gì dăm bào. (Those empty promises are no different than wood shavings [i.e., worthless].)
Variants and Related Words
- Giăm bào (noun): This is a variant spelling/pronunciation of "dăm bào" with the same meaning (wood shavings). The reference note "xem giăm bào" indicates they are interchangeable.
- Mùn cưa (noun): Sawdust; specifically the finer, dust-like wood particles.
- Phoi bào (noun): Another term for wood shavings or turnings, often from a lathe.
Synonyms
- Wood shavings: Mảnh gỗ bào, phoi gỗ.
- Sawdust: Mùn cưa.
Related Phrases
- Đống dăm bào: A pile of wood shavings.
- Thùng đựng dăm bào: A bin for wood shavings.
Related Idioms
Note: There are no common idioms that use the exact term "dăm bào" as a key component. Its figurative use, as shown in Advanced Usage, is more of a metaphorical comparison than a fixed idiom.