Definition

1. Noun:
   • Betel quid's juice: The red or reddish-brown liquid produced from chewing a betel quid (a mixture of betel leaf, areca nut, and slaked lime). This juice is typically spat out.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Sau khi nhai trầu, ông ấy nhổ bã quết trần ra ngoài. (After chewing betel, he spat the betel quid's juice out.)
  • Vệt quết trần đỏ trên nền nhà rất khó tẩy. (The red stain of betel quid's juice on the floor is hard to clean.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is specific to the context of the traditional custom of chewing betel quids ("ăn trầu"). It refers specifically to the saliva mixed with the juices and compounds released from the quid.

Variants and Related Words

• Nước trầu (n): A less common, more descriptive term also referring to the juice/saliva from chewing betel.
• Bã trầu (n): Refers to the solid remnants of the chewed betel quid, not the liquid juice.

Synonyms

• Nước bã trầu: Literally "betel quid juice/saliva," a descriptive synonym.

Related Phrases

• Nhổ quết trần: To spit out the betel quid's juice. This is the most common action associated with the substance.
  • Người già thường nhổ quết trần vào ống nhổ. (Elderly people often spit the betel quid's juice into a spittoon.)

1. betel quid's juice