hẹ
Definition
- Noun:
- Shallot; Scallion: A plant belonging to the same family as the onion, characterized by flat, long leaves, commonly used as a vegetable or in traditional medicine.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Mẹ tôi thường cho hẹ vào món canh. (My mother often adds scallions to the soup.)
- Hẹ là một loại gia vị phổ biến trong ẩm thực Việt Nam. (Shallots are a common seasoning in Vietnamese cuisine.)
- Rối như canh hẹ. (As tangled as scallion soup – meaning a very complicated, messy situation.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase "rối như canh hẹ" is a common idiom derived from the tangled nature of chopped scallions in soup, used metaphorically to describe a state of confusion or a complicated affair.
Variants and Related Words
- Cây hẹ (n): The scallion plant.
- Lá hẹ (n): Scallion leaves.
- Củ hẹ (n): The small bulb of the scallion, similar to a shallot.
Synonyms
- Scallion: A young onion before the bulb has swollen.
- Shallot: A small, elongated type of onion with a milder flavor.
- Green onion: Often used interchangeably with scallion.
Related Idioms
- Rối như canh hẹ: (As tangled as scallion soup) An idiom describing an extremely messy, complicated, or confusing situation.
- Công việc này rối như canh hẹ, cần sắp xếp lại. (This work is a tangled mess; it needs to be reorganized.)
noun
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shallot; scallion
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