Definition

1. Noun:
   • Snake-head mullet fry: A term referring to the newly hatched fry of snakehead fish species (such as cá lóc, cá quả, cá chuối).
   • A large, moving group of people or animals: Used to describe a crowd or multitude of people or creatures moving together simultaneously.

Usage Examples

• Noun (Fish fry):

  • Người dân bắt rồng rồng để nuôi thành cá lóc thương phẩm. (People catch snake-head mullet fry to raise into commercial snakehead fish.)
  • Ao nhà tôi có rất nhiều rồng rồng. (My pond has a lot of snakehead fry.)

• Noun (Crowd):

  • Học sinh tan học, đi rồng rồng ra cổng trường. (The students finished school and streamed out of the school gate in a large, moving crowd.)
  • Đàn kiến đi rồng rồng về tổ. (The ants marched back to their nest in a long, dense column.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đi rồng rồng": To go or move in a large, dense, and continuous group.
  • Các cổ động viên đi rồng rồng về phía sân vận động. (The fans streamed toward the stadium in a massive crowd.)

Variants and Related Words

• Cá lóc / Cá quả / Cá chuối (n): Snakehead fish (the adult form of ).
• Cá con / Cá bột (n): General terms for fish fry or fingerlings.
• Lũ lượt (adv): In droves, in a continuous stream (similar to the "crowd" meaning of ).

Synonyms

• Bầy đàn (n): Flock, herd, swarm (for the "crowd" meaning).
• Đàn (n): Group, flock, school (of animals or people).

Related Idioms

• Rồng rồng theo nạ, quạ theo gà con (proverb): Literally "The snakehead fry follow the mother fish, crows follow the chicks." This proverb highlights how the young naturally follow and depend on their parents or guardians, and is often used to warn about the dangers of blindly following others or being led into bad situations by negative influences.

1. (động vật) Snake-head mullet fry