ngọn cỏ
Definition
- Noun:
- A blade of grass: A single, thin leaf or stem of a grass plant.
- The top of a grass plant: The uppermost, growing part of a grass stalk or blade.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Mỗi ngọn cỏ đều đọng sương. (Every blade of grass holds dew.)
- Con cào cào đậu trên ngọn cỏ. (The grasshopper perched on the tip of the grass.)
Advanced Usage
- Used poetically or idiomatically to symbolize something small, fragile, insignificant, or humble.
- Anh ấy cảm thấy mình nhỏ bé như ngọn cỏ. (He felt as small as a blade of grass.)
Variants and Related Words
- Cỏ (n): grass (the general plant species or a field of grass).
- Đàn bò đang gặm cỏ. (The herd of cows is grazing on grass.)
Synonyms
- Blade of grass: A single leaf of grass.
- Spear of grass: A single, pointed grass leaf.
Related Idioms
- Ngọn cỏ gần cây: Literally "the blade of grass near the tree," implying someone who benefits from being close to a powerful or wealthy person.
- Hắn chỉ thành công vì là ngọn cỏ gần cây mà thôi. (He only succeeded because he was close to powerful people.)
- Rẻ rúng như ngọn cỏ: To be treated as cheaply/worthlessly as a blade of grass.
- Cô ấy cảm thấy bị rẻ rúng như ngọn cỏ. (She felt treated as worthless as a blade of grass.)