Definition

1. Noun:
   • Cereals / Grain: A general term referring to cultivated cereal crops, primarily rice, and their harvested seeds or grains. It encompasses the plants in the field and the edible grains after harvesting and processing.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nông dân đang thu hoạch lúa thóc. (The farmers are harvesting the grain.)
  • Lúa thóc là nguồn lương thực chính. (Cereals are the main food source.)
  • Kho chứa đầy lúa thóc. (The warehouse is full of grain.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "lúa thóc" is often used in a collective or general sense to represent staple food production and agricultural livelihood.
  • Cả năm trông vào lúa thóc. (The whole year depends on the grain harvest.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lúa (n): rice plant, paddy.

  • Cánh đồng lúa xanh. (The green rice paddy field.)

• Thóc (n): unhusked rice, paddy rice.

  • Phơi thóc ngoài sân. (To sun-dry unhusked rice in the yard.)

• Gạo (n): husked, uncooked rice.

  • Nồi cơm đầy gạo. (A pot full of rice.)

Synonyms

• Grain: the seeds of food plants like rice or wheat.
• Cereal crops: plants cultivated for their edible grains.
• Staple food: a main food commodity.

Related Idioms

• Được mùa lúa thóc: to have a bumper grain harvest.

  • Năm nay được mùa lúa thóc. (This year there is a bumper grain harvest.)

• Cơm áo gạo tiền / Cơm áo lúa thóc: refers to the basic material needs of life (food, clothing, money).

  • Lo toan chuyện cơm áo lúa thóc. (To worry about the basic necessities of life.)

noun

1. cereals