ghế ngựa
Definition
- Noun:
- Plank bed: A simple, rudimentary bed made from two or three wooden planks, often used in military camps, prisons, or temporary shelters.
- Camp bed: A portable, often uncomfortable, bed used in field conditions.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Anh lính ngủ trên chiếc ghế ngựa trong doanh trại. (The soldier slept on a plank bed in the barracks.)
- Trong nhà tù cũ, phạm nhân chỉ được nằm ghế ngựa. (In the old prison, inmates only had plank beds to lie on.)
Advanced Usage
- "ghế ngựa quang dầu": A specific type of plank bed, often referring to one that is old, worn, and stained with oil (dầu).
- Căn phòng trọ của ông ấy chỉ có một chiếc ghế ngựa quang dầu. (His rented room only contained an old, oil-stained plank bed.)
Variants and Related Words
- Giường: Bed (a general term).
- Giường cánh sắt/giường sắt: Iron bedstead.
- Giường gỗ: Wooden bed.
- Võng: Hammock (another type of simple, portable bedding).
Synonyms
- Giường ván: Plank bed (literally "board bed").
- Lit de planches (French loan term): Plank bed.
- Lit de camp (French loan term): Camp bed.
Related Phrases
- Nằm ghế ngựa: To sleep on a plank bed (implies rough, basic sleeping conditions).
- Thời chiến tranh, bộ đội phải nằm ghế ngựa là chuyện bình thường. (During the war, it was normal for soldiers to sleep on plank beds.)
Related Idioms
- Khổ như nằm ghế ngựa: To suffer hardship like sleeping on a plank bed (describes a state of great discomfort or austerity).
- Đời lính ngày xưa khổ như nằm ghế ngựa. (The life of a soldier in the old days was as hard as sleeping on a plank bed.)
-
Plank bed (made of two or three boards)
