rạch
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Definition
Noun:
- A small, natural or man-made water channel, typically found in a river delta or agricultural area, used for irrigation, drainage, or local transport by small boats.
Verb:
- To make a long, straight, and usually shallow cut or slit on a surface using a sharp object.
- (Of certain fish, especially climbing perch) To move out of the water or navigate through shallow water, often against the current or onto land, especially after rain.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Thuyền nhỏ đi lại trong rạch. (Small boats travel in the canal.)
- Nước từ rạch chảy vào đồng ruộng. (Water from the ditch flows into the fields.)
Verb:
- Cô ấy rạch phong bì bằng kéo. (She slit the envelope with scissors.)
- Sau cơn mưa, cá rô rạch lên bờ. (After the rain, climbing perch move onto the bank.)
Advanced Usage
- "rạch ròi": (Adjective) Clear, distinct, unambiguous. This is a common figurative use derived from the idea of a clean, clear cut.
- Cần có sự phân biệt rạch ròi giữa hai khái niệm. (A clear distinction between the two concepts is needed.)
Variants and Related Words
Kênh rạch (n): A general term for canals and small waterways; a network of waterways.
- Hệ thống kênh rạch chằng chịt ở đồng bằng sông Cửu Long. (The intricate network of canals in the Mekong Delta.)
Đường rạch (n): A scratch, a score, a striation (the mark left by the verb action).
- Chiếc bàn có nhiều đường rạch. (The table has many scratches.)
Synonyms
- Noun: Ditch, canal, waterway, arroyo.
- Verb: To slit, to score, to scratch, to incise.
Related Idioms
- Rạch đôi sơn hà: (Literary) To split the country in two; to divide territory.
- Hiệp ước đó rạch đôi sơn hà. (That treaty divided the land in two.)
noun
- Small irrigation canal; irrigation ditch; arrogo
verb
- to leap from the water to slit; to slash
- rạch cái hộp giấyto slit a paper box to divide; to split
- rạch đôi sơn hàto divide the land in halves