nước chanh

Thân thiện

Một người phụ nữ rót nước chanh từ bình thủy tinh vào ly.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Lemonade: A sweetened, non-alcoholic beverage made primarily from lemon juice, water, and sugar, served cold. This is the most common and direct translation.
   • Lemon juice: In some contexts, it can refer more specifically to the extracted juice of a lemon, often used as an ingredient.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trời nóng, chúng tôi uống nước chanh. (It's hot, we drink lemonade.)
  • Cô ấy vắt nước chanh vào món salad. (She squeezes lemon juice into the salad.)
  • Một ly nước chanh đường rất mát. (A glass of sweetened lemonade is very refreshing.)

Advanced Usage

• "nước chanh leo": This is a compound term for "passion fruit juice" or "passion fruit drink," not a lemon drink. It highlights how "nước chanh" can be part of a larger compound.
  • Nước chanh leo có vị chua ngọt. (Passion fruit juice has a sweet and sour taste.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chanh (n): Lemon or lime (the fruit itself).

  • Quả chanh này rất chua. (This lemon is very sour.)

• Nước chanh tươi (n): Freshly squeezed lemonade.

  • Tôi thích nước chanh tươi không đường. (I like fresh lemon juice without sugar.)

• Nước chanh đá (n): Iced lemonade.

  • Cho tôi một ly nước chanh đá. (Give me a glass of iced lemonade.)

Synonyms

• Lemonade: The standard term for the sweetened drink.
• Lemon squash: A similar sweetened, concentrated lemon drink (common in British English).
• Citron pressé: The French term, sometimes used in English contexts for fresh lemon juice served with water and sugar separately.

Related Idioms and Expressions

• Đầu tắt mặt tối như pha nước chanh: A simile meaning to be extremely busy, running around frantically (literally: "as busy as making lemonade"). This reflects the traditional method of manually squeezing and mixing.
  • Mẹ tôi luôn đầu tắt mặt tối như pha nước chanh. (My mother is always as busy as making lemonade.)

Học thuật

1. Lemon squash, lemonade