Definition

1. Noun:
   • Rice seedling leaf: The leaf of a young rice plant, specifically in the early growth stage before transplantation to the main field.
   • Young rice leaf: Refers to the tender, fresh green leaf of a rice sprout.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Cánh đồng phủ một màu xanh của lá mạ. (The field is covered in the green color of rice seedling leaves.)
  • Màu áo cô ấy mặc đẹp như màu lá mạ. (The color of her dress is as beautiful as the color of a young rice leaf.)

Advanced Usage

• "Màu lá mạ": A specific color term. It describes a fresh, vibrant yellow-green color, reminiscent of the young rice leaves. This term is often used in literature, fashion, and design to evoke freshness, youth, and vitality.
  • Họa sĩ ưa thích sử dụng màu lá mạ trong các bức tranh phong cảnh mùa xuân. (Artists like to use the "young rice leaf" color in their spring landscape paintings.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mạ (noun): Rice seedling. The young rice plant itself.
  • Nông dân đang nhổ mạ để cấy. (The farmers are pulling up rice seedlings to transplant.)
• Màu xanh lá mạ (noun phrase): Synonymous with "màu lá mạ," meaning the specific green color.

Synonyms

• Lá lúa non (noun phrase): Young rice leaf. This is a more general descriptive term.
• Màu xanh non (noun phrase): Tender green color. A general color term, while "màu lá mạ" is more specific and poetic.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• (Tươi) như lá mạ: (As fresh) as a young rice leaf. An idiom used to describe something or someone that looks very fresh, youthful, and full of vitality.
  • Sau kỳ nghỉ, cô ấy trở lại trường học tươi như lá mạ. (After the holiday, she returned to school as fresh as a young rice leaf.)

1. Rice seeding leaf
   • Màu lá mạ
     Grass-green