lán trại
Definition
- Noun:
- A camp hut or barrack: A simple, often temporary, structure used for shelter in a camp setting, such as at a summer camp, military camp, or worksite.
- A camp lodge: Can refer to a cabin or basic lodging within a campground or retreat.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Các học sinh được phân vào các lán trại bằng gỗ. (The students were assigned to the wooden camp huts.)
- Chúng tôi dựng lán trại gần hồ để câu cá. (We set up a camp lodge near the lake for fishing.)
Advanced Usage
- The term often implies a rustic, functional, and communal type of shelter, not a permanent building.
Variants and Related Words
Trại (n): camp. This is the root word for camp.
- trại hè (summer camp), trại lính (military camp).
Lán (n): shack, hut, lean-to. A simple shelter.
- lán nương (a field hut).
Synonyms
- Hut: A small, simple shelter.
- Shack: A roughly built hut or cabin.
- Barrack: A building for housing soldiers.
- Cabin: A small, simple house made of wood.
Related Idioms
- Đầu voi đuôi chuột: Literally "elephant's head, mouse's tail"; meaning something that starts grandly but ends poorly. While not containing "lán trại," this idiom could describe a camp that was promised to be luxurious but only has basic huts.
- Chuyến đi được quảng cáo là nghỉ dưỡng năm sao nhưng chỗ ở chỉ là lán trại, đúng là đầu voi đuôi chuột. (The trip was advertised as a five-star resort but the accommodation was just camp huts, a true case of a grand start and a poor finish.)