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lạc

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Definition
  1. Noun:

    • Peanut; Groundnut: A legume plant whose seeds grow underground in pods, widely cultivated for its edible seeds, which are eaten directly or used to produce oil and other food products.
  2. Verb:

    • To get lost; to stray: To become unable to find one's way or to deviate from the correct path or direction.
    • To misplace; to lose (temporarily): To put something somewhere and forget where it is, making it temporarily unfindable.
    • To be out of (a normal state): (Of voice, eyes) To change drastically from the normal state due to strong emotion, excitement, or shock.
Usage Examples
  • Noun:

    • Mẹ mua một cân lạc. (Mom bought a kilogram of peanuts.)
    • Dầu lạc tốt cho sức khỏe. (Peanut oil is good for health.)
  • Verb:

    • Chúng tôi bị lạc trong rừng. (We got lost in the forest.)
    • Tôi hay để lạc chìa khóa. (I often misplace my keys.)
    • Giọng ấy lạc hẳn đi khi nghe tin buồn. (Her voice became completely strained upon hearing the sad news.)
Advanced Usage
  • "lạc đề": to digress, to go off-topic.

    • Bài viết của anh ấy bị lạc đề. (His essay went off-topic.)
  • "lạc quan": to be optimistic.

    • ấy luôn thái độ lạc quan. (She always has an optimistic attitude.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Lạc đường (v): to lose one's way.

    • Xin lỗi, tôi bị lạc đường. (Excuse me, I've lost my way.)
  • Lạc hậu (adj): backward, outdated.

    • Tư tưởng lạc hậu cần được thay đổi. (Outdated thinking needs to be changed.)
  • Củ lạc (n): another common term for peanut.

    • Rang củ lạc để ăn. (Roast peanuts to eat.)
Synonyms
  • Peanut: groundnut.
  • To get lost: to lose one's way, to stray.
  • To misplace: to lose temporarily.
Related Idioms
  • Lạc lối: to lose one's path (often used figuratively for losing one's way in life).

    • Anh ấy cảm thấy mình đã lạc lối. (He felt he had lost his way.)
  • Chim lạc đàn: a stray bird from its flock (figuratively, a person who is separated from their group or feels out of place).

    • Cậu như chim lạc đàn giữa chốn đông người. (The boy was like a stray bird amidst the crowd.)
lạc

Một em bé đang ăn những hạt lạc rang.

noun
  1. peanut; ground-nut
    • kẹo lạc
      peanut sweets
verb
  1. to lose; to stray
    • đạn lạc
      a stray bullet. to be out of
    • lạc giọng
      to be out of tune. to mislay
    • hay để lạc giấy tờ
      to often mislay documents