liềm

Người nông dân dùng chiếc liềm để gặt lúa.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Sickle: A hand-held agricultural tool with a curved blade and a short handle, used for cutting grass or harvesting crops like rice.
   • Crescent: A curved shape resembling the moon in its first or last quarter.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người nông dân dùng liềm để gặt lúa. (The farmer uses a sickle to harvest rice.)
  • Mặt trăng khuyết có hình lưỡi liềm. (The waning moon has a crescent shape.)

Advanced Usage

• "liềm hái": This is a compound word meaning "sickle and scythe," representing traditional farming tools or the concept of harvesting.
  • Công cụ lao động chính của họ là liềm hái. (Their main farming tools were the sickle and scythe.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lưỡi liềm (n): Literally "sickle blade." This is the most common compound term.
  • It can refer to the tool itself: Lưỡi liềm này rất sắc. (This sickle blade is very sharp.)
  • It is the standard term for the "crescent" shape: Cờ có biểu tượng lưỡi liềm. (The flag has a crescent symbol.)

Synonyms

• Cái hái (n): Scythe (a larger, long-handled tool for similar purposes).
• Hình lưỡi liềm (n): Crescent shape.

Related Idioms

• "liềm vàng, hái bạc": Literally "golden sickle, silver scythe." An idiom describing a bountiful harvest season.
  • Mùa này quả đúng là liềm vàng, hái bạc. (This season is truly a time of golden sickles and silver scythes [a very bountiful harvest].)