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Người thợ dệt đang tỉ mỉ đan những sợi lác khô để tạo thành một chiếc chiếu trải sàn.
Definition
Noun (Medicine):
- A skin disease: Refers to a contagious fungal skin infection, often ringworm or tinea.
- Sedge / Rush: A type of plant (genus Cyperus, especially Cyperus malaccensis) whose stems are used to make mats and baskets.
Adjective:
- Squinting / Cross-eyed: Describes eyes where the pupils are misaligned and point in different directions, a condition known as strabismus.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Skin disease):
- Anh ấy bị lác ở lưng. (He has a fungal skin infection on his back.)
- Noun (Plant):
- Chiếu được đan từ cây lác. (The mat is woven from sedge.)
- Adjective:
- Đứa trẻ bị mắt lác. (The child has a squint. / The child is cross-eyed.)
- Cô ấy nhìn lác một bên. (She has a squint in one eye.)
Advanced Usage
- The noun meaning "skin disease" is often used in specific compound terms in folk medicine or everyday speech.
- The adjective "lác" is a common, direct description. The formal medical term for the condition is "lé" or "mắt lé."
Variants and Related Words
- Hắc lào (n): A more specific term for ringworm (tinea corporis), a type of fungal skin infection.
- Bác sĩ chẩn đoán bệnh nhân bị hắc lào. (The doctor diagnosed the patient with ringworm.)
- Lé (adj): Synonymous with "lác" for squinting, often used interchangeably.
- Mắt nó hơi lé. (His/her eyes are slightly crossed.)
- Strabismus (n): The formal medical term for the misalignment of the eyes.
- Chiếu lác (n): A mat woven from sedge/rush plants.
Synonyms
- For skin disease: ringworm, tinea.
- For plant: sedge, rush.
- For eyes: squinting, cross-eyed, strabismic.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Giấu đầu hở đuôi như mắt lác: (To hide the head but show the tail, like a squinting eye) – An idiom meaning a poor attempt at hiding something, where the truth is still partially visible.
- Lời nói dối của nó như mắt lác, dễ dàng bị phát hiện. (His lie was like a squinting eye, easily discovered.)
Người thợ dệt đang tỉ mỉ đan những sợi lác khô để tạo thành một chiếc chiếu trải sàn.
noun
- (y học) dartre. rush
- chiếu lácrush-mat
adj
- squinting
- mắt lácto have squinting eyes