dưa leo
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Definition
Noun: * Cucumber: A long, thin, green-skinned vegetable with crisp, watery, pale green flesh, commonly eaten raw in salads or pickled.
Usage
- As a noun (countable): Refers to the whole vegetable or a piece of it.
- Tôi cần mua hai quả dưa leo. (I need to buy two cucumbers.)
- Cô ấy thái dưa leo thành từng lát mỏng. (She slices the cucumber into thin pieces.)
- As a noun (uncountable): Refers to the food substance.
- Món salad này có nhiều dưa leo. (This salad has a lot of cucumber.)
Examples
- (Cucumber juice is very cool and good for health.)
- (You can apply a cucumber mask to nourish your skin.)
- (Pickled cucumber is a common side dish.)
Advanced Usage
- "tươi như dưa leo" (as fresh as a cucumber): An idiom describing someone who looks very fresh, cool, and rested, often despite a tiring situation.
- Sau chuyến bay dài, cô ấy vẫn trông tươi như dưa leo. (After the long flight, she still looked as fresh as a cucumber.)
Variants and Related Words
- Dưa chuột: This is the more standard, formal term in Vietnamese for the same vegetable. "Dưa leo" is more common in Southern Vietnam.
- Dưa góp: Refers specifically to pickled cucumber or a salad of pickled vegetables often containing cucumber.
Synonyms
- Cuke (informal, English): A casual shortening of "cucumber".
Related Phrases / Collocations
- Salad dưa leo: Cucumber salad.
- Hạt dưa leo: Cucumber seeds.
- Ruột dưa leo: Cucumber flesh/pulp.
- Vỏ dưa leo: Cucumber peel/skin.