mưa bụi

Thân thiện

Trời đang mưa bụi trên con đường làng.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Small drizzling rain: A very light rain consisting of extremely fine water droplets, often barely wetting surfaces. It is mist-like and lacks the force or distinct drops of typical rain.
   • Drizzle: A synonym for a light, fine rain that falls steadily.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trời đang mưa bụi. (It is drizzling.)
  • Mưa bụi làm không khí mát mẻ hơn. (The drizzle makes the air cooler.)
  • Cô ấy đi bộ dưới cơn mưa bụi mà không cần ô. (She walked in the fine rain without an umbrella.)

Advanced Usage

• "mưa bụi mùa xuân": spring drizzle.
  • Mưa bụi mùa xuân mang lại sự tươi mới cho cây cối. (Spring drizzle brings freshness to the plants.)

Variants and Related Words

• Mưa phùn (n): A very close synonym, also meaning fine, drizzling rain, often used interchangeably in many contexts.
  • Thời tiết hôm nay chỉ có mưa phùn. (The weather today only has a light drizzle.)

Synonyms

• Drizzle: Light rain with very small drops.
• Mist: A weather condition with fine water droplets suspended in the air, often related to light precipitation.
• Sprinkle: A very light, brief rain.

Related Idioms

• Mưa bụi chẳng thấm đất: Literally "fine rain doesn't soak the ground"; used to describe something insignificant or an action that has no real effect or impact.
  • Lời hứa của anh ta như mưa bụi chẳng thấm đất. (His promises are like drizzle that doesn't soak the ground—ineffectual.)

Học thuật

1. Small drizzling rain