Definition

1. Noun:
   • A fishing-net stake: A stake or pole driven into the bed of a river, stream, or waterway to support or anchor a fishing net stretched across the current.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ngư dân đóng những chiếc rạo chắc chắn. (The fishermen drove the sturdy fishing-net stakes.)
  • Cắm rạo giữa sông là một kỹ thuật đánh bắt cá cổ truyền. (Driving fishing-net stakes into the bed of the river is a traditional fishing technique.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "rạo" is highly specific to the context of traditional fixed-trap fishing. It refers not just to a single stake, but often to a series or line of stakes forming a structure (a "hàng rạo") used to guide or trap fish.

Variants and Related Words

• Cắm rạo (verb phrase): To drive or plant fishing-net stakes into the riverbed.
  • Họ đi cắm rạo từ sáng sớm. (They went to drive fishing-net stakes early in the morning.)

Synonyms

• Stake: A strong wooden or metal post.
• Pile: A heavy stake or post driven into the ground.
• Pieu (French loanword in historical contexts): A stake for a net.

Related Idioms

• While there are no common idioms using "rạo", the practice is part of traditional knowledge. The phrase "nghề cắm rạo" (the trade of setting net stakes) can refer to this specific fishing livelihood.

1. Fishing-net stake
   • Cắm rạo giữa sông
     To drive fishing-net stakes into the bed of the river