giặm

Thân thiện

Người nông dân giặm lúa trên cánh đồng.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To patch (in weaving/basketry): To repair a woven item (like a basket or mat) by inserting new strands to replace broken or missing ones.
   • To replant / to fill in (in agriculture): To plant new seedlings in gaps where previous plants have failed to grow or have died, ensuring a full crop row.
   • To interplant / to add supplementary plants: To plant additional crops (often of a different type) among the main crop, typically to maximize land use.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Bà tôi giặm lại cái rổ bị hỏng. (My grandmother patched the broken basket.)
  • Nông dân phải giặm lúa sau trận mưa lớn. (The farmers had to replant the rice seedlings after the heavy rain.)
  • Họ giặm rau muống vào giữa các luống ngô. (They interplanted water spinach between the rows of corn.)

Advanced Usage

• "ăn giặm": This phrase literally means "to eat supplementary food." Figuratively, it describes making do with a little extra or adding something minor to supplement a main thing.
  • Bữa cơm chỉ có thịt kho, phải ăn giặm thêm rau. (The meal only had braised pork, so we had to make do with adding extra vegetables.)

Variants and Related Words

• Trồng giặm (v): A more specific term for the agricultural act of replanting or filling in gaps in a field.
  • Công việc trồng giặm đòi hỏi sự kiên nhẫn. (The work of replanting requires patience.)

Synonyms

• Patch: To mend by putting a piece over a hole (for weaving).
• Replant: To plant again or fill in empty spots.
• Intercrop: To grow a secondary crop among the main crop.

Related Idioms

• "Đan chẳng tày giặm": A proverb meaning "Weaving is not equal to patching." It implies that a skilled repair (giặm) can sometimes be more valuable or difficult than the original creation, or that it's harder to fix something than to make it from scratch.

Học thuật

verb

1. to make up; to make good
   • ăn giặm thêm rau
     to make up with vegetables