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Definition

1. Noun (literary, archaic):
   • A type of vegetable: Specifically refers to a simple, leafy green vegetable, historically likened to amaranth.
   • Simple dish; frugal fare: By extension, symbolizes humble, plain, or vegetarian food, representing a modest and austere lifestyle.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bữa cơm chỉ có đĩa hoắc lê. (The meal consisted only of a plate of simple greens.)
  • Ông ấy sống một cuộc đời thanh bần với hương vị hoắc lê. (He lived a life of pure poverty, savoring only frugal fare.)

Advanced Usage

• Used almost exclusively in literary or historical contexts to evoke a sense of rustic simplicity, poverty, or moral asceticism.
• Often appears in contrast to rich or luxurious food to highlight contentment with little.

Variants and Related Words

• Rau giền (n): Amaranth greens. This is the modern, common vegetable to which is often compared.
  • Rau giền nấu canh rất mát. (Amaranth greens cooked in soup are very cooling.)

Synonyms

• Plain vegetables: Simple, unadorned plant-based food.
• Humble fare: Modest food.
• Austerity diet: Food representing a strict, simple lifestyle.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Cơm rau hoắc lê: Refers to a diet of rice and simple greens, emblematic of a very poor or ascetic life.
  • Thuở hàn vi, ông cụ chỉ quen với cơm rau hoắc lê. (In his early days of hardship, the old man was accustomed only to a diet of rice and humble greens.)

Học thuật

1. (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ; văn chương) Vegetable; simple dish, frugal fare