Definition

1. Noun:

   • Placenta: The special organ in the womb that provides nourishment and oxygen to a developing fetus.

2. Pronoun (Reciprocal):

   • Each other; one another: A word used to show a mutual or reciprocal action or relationship between two or more subjects. It indicates that the action is done by the subjects to one another.
   • Together; with each other: A word indicating a joint or shared activity.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Đây là nơi chôn nhau cắt rốn của tôi. (This is my birthplace [literally: the place where my placenta was buried and umbilical cord was cut].)
• Pronoun (Reciprocal):
  • Họ yêu thương nhau. (They love each other.)
  • Chúng tôi giúp đỡ nhau trong công việc. (We help each other in work.)
  • Hai đứa trẻ đang chia sẻ đồ chơi với nhau. (The two children are sharing toys with each other.)
• Pronoun (Together):
  • Chúng ta hãy cùng nhau làm việc này. (Let's do this work together.)
  • Họ đi dạo với nhau mỗi tối. (They go for a walk together every evening.)

Advanced Usage

• "lẫn nhau": Emphasizes a completely mutual or reciprocal relationship, often translatable as "mutually," "reciprocally," or "one another."
  • Hai yếu tố này ảnh hưởng lẫn nhau. (These two factors influence each other mutually.)
• "cùng nhau": Strongly emphasizes the meaning of "together," focusing on joint participation.
  • Cả gia đình cùng nhau ăn tối. (The whole family eats dinner together.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rau nhau (n): Another, more formal term for the placenta (from "rau" meaning vegetable/herb, and "nhau").
• Chôn nhau cắt rốn (idiomatic phrase): Refers to one's birthplace or native land.

Synonyms

• Reciprocal pronoun: each other, one another.
• Adverb (for joint action): together, jointly, collectively.

Related Idioms

• Chôn nhau cắt rốn: Birthplace; native soil.
  • Tôi luôn nhớ về nơi chôn nhau cắt rốn. (I always remember my birthplace.)
• Hơn nhau: To surpass/be better than one another; to differ from one another (by a certain measure).
  • Hai anh em hơn nhau hai tuổi. (The two brothers are two years apart in age.)

noun

1. placenta. together;in company
   • lẫn nhau one another