hoàng trùng

Đàn hoàng trùng đang bám dày đặc trên những ngọn lúa xanh mướt để gặm nhấm lá.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Rice stem borer: A type of insect larva (caterpillar) that bores into and feeds on the stems of rice plants, causing significant damage to crops. This is a traditional agricultural term for a pest of rice.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Đồng lúa bị hoàng trùng phá hoại. (The rice field was damaged by rice stem borers.)
  • Nông dân tìm cách diệt hoàng trùng. (Farmers are looking for ways to eradicate rice stem borers.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "hoàng trùng" is an older, more classical or literary term. In modern agricultural contexts, more specific scientific names for pests like the yellow stem borer () are often used.

Variants and Related Words

• Sâu đục thân lúa: (n) Rice stem borer. This is a more common modern descriptive term.
  • Sâu đục thân lúa là một loại hoàng trùng. (The rice stem borer is a type of 'hoàng trùng'.)

Synonyms

• Rice stem borer: The general English term for this agricultural pest.
• Rice caterpillar: A descriptive synonym.

Related Idioms

• While there is no common idiom directly using "hoàng trùng", its destructive nature makes it a metaphor for a hidden or internal problem that causes ruin.
  • Công ty ấy đang bị "hoàng trùng" từ bên trong. (That company is being eaten by "borers" from within.)