sông con
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Definition
- Noun:
- Tributary: A smaller river or stream that flows into a larger, main river.
- Little stream: A small, often narrow, flowing body of fresh water.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Sông Đà là một sông con của sông Hồng. (The Da River is a tributary of the Red River.)
- Trẻ con chơi bên bờ sông con. (The children are playing by the little stream.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is often used in geographical and environmental contexts to describe the structure of a river system.
- It can imply a hierarchical relationship within a river network, where the "sông con" (child river) feeds the "sông mẹ" or "sông cái" (mother/main river).
Variants and Related Words
- Phụ lưu (n): A more formal, technical synonym for "tributary."
- Sông nhánh (n): Branch river; another way to describe a tributary or distributary.
- Sông mẹ / Sông cái (n): The main river or parent river that receives water from its tributaries.
Synonyms
- Tributary: A river or stream flowing into a larger river or lake.
- Stream: A small, narrow river.
- Brook / Creek: A small stream.
Related Idioms
- : Literally "water from the tributaries flows to the main river." This idiom is used to describe how smaller contributions collectively feed into a larger whole or how details support a main idea.
- Tributary, little stream