quệt trầu
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Definition
- Noun:
- Betel quid's juice: The juice produced from chewing a betel quid, a mixture of betel leaf, areca nut, and slaked lime, traditionally used in some Asian cultures. This juice is often red or reddish-brown and may be spat out.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Trên sân nhà có vết quệt trầu đỏ. (There is a red stain of betel quid's juice on the yard.)
- Ông lão nhổ bã quệt trầu vào ống nhổ. (The old man spat the residue of betel quid's juice into a spittoon.)
Advanced Usage
- "vết quệt trầu": a stain or mark left by betel quid's juice.
- Vết quệt trầu trên tường rất khó tẩy. (The stain from betel quid's juice on the wall is hard to clean.)
Variants and Related Words
Nước trầu (n): Another term for the juice/saliva mixture from chewing betel quid.
- Bà cụ có thói quen ăn trầu và nhổ nước trầu. (The old lady has the habit of chewing betel quid and spitting out the juice.)
Bã trầu (n): The leftover fibrous residue from chewing a betel quid.
- Sau khi nhai, ông ấy bỏ bã trầu đi. (After chewing, he discarded the betel quid residue.)
Synonyms
- Nước miếng trầu (n): Betel-laced saliva. (A more descriptive synonym focusing on the salivary component.)
Related Phrases
Ăn trầu (v): To chew betel quid.
- Phong tục ăn trầu đã có từ lâu đời. (The custom of chewing betel quid has existed for a long time.)
Nhổ trầu (v): To spit out betel quid's juice.
- Ông ấy nhổ trầu ra ngoài hiên. (He spat the betel quid's juice onto the veranda.)
Related Idioms
- Miếng trầu là đầu câu chuyện: (A betel quid is the start of a conversation.) This idiom refers to the traditional role of offering betel quid to guests as a polite gesture to initiate social interaction. While not containing the exact word "quệt trầu," it is intrinsically related to the culture of betel chewing.
- Ngày xưa, miếng trầu là đầu câu chuyện khi khách đến nhà. (In the past, a betel quid was the start of a conversation when guests visited.)
- Betel quid's juice