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Người thợ dệt đang tỉ mỉ đan những sợi lác khô để tạo thành một chiếc chiếu trải sàn.

Definition
  1. 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.
  2. 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 láclưng. (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.)
    • 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 "" or "mắt ."
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.)
  • (adj): Synonymous with "lác" for squinting, often used interchangeably.
    • Mắt hơi . (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 như mắt lác, dễ dàng bị phát hiện. (His lie was like a squinting eye, easily discovered.)
lác

Người thợ dệt đang tỉ mỉ đan những sợi lác khô để tạo thành một chiếc chiếu trải sàn.

noun
  1. (y học) dartre. rush
    • chiếu lác
      rush-mat
adj
  1. squinting
    • mắt lác
      to have squinting eyes