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 cô 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.

  • Cô ấy luôn có 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• Lạc hậu (adj): backward, outdated.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 (Outdated thinking needs to be changed.)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 bé như chim lạc đàn giữa chốn đông người. (The boy was like a stray bird amidst the crowd.)

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