sơn
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Definition
Noun:
- Paint: A liquid substance, either natural or synthetic, applied to surfaces to color, protect, or decorate them.
- Lacquer tree: A tree (genus Toxicodendron, such as T. vernicifluum) whose sap is used to make traditional lacquer.
Verb:
- To paint: The action of applying paint or lacquer to a surface.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Tôi cần mua một hộp sơn màu trắng. (I need to buy a can of white paint.)
- Nhựa cây sơn được dùng trong nghề thủ công mỹ nghệ. (The sap of the lacquer tree is used in traditional crafts.)
Verb:
- Chúng tôi sẽ sơn lại tường vào ngày mai. (We will paint the walls again tomorrow.)
- Anh ấy sơn chiếc bàn màu nâu. (He painted the table brown.)
Advanced Usage
"sơn mài": lacquerware; the art of creating objects with layers of lacquer.
- Nghệ thuật sơn mài của Việt Nam rất nổi tiếng. (Vietnamese lacquerware art is very famous.)
"sơn dầu": oil paint.
- Họa sĩ thường dùng sơn dầu để vẽ tranh. (Artists often use oil paint to paint pictures.)
Variants and Related Words
Sơn phết (v): to paint or daub (often implying a quick or crude application).
- Họ sơn phết vài nét lên tường. (They daubed a few strokes on the wall.)
Sơn son thếp vàng (phrase): to lacquer in red and gild with gold; to decorate lavishly, often for temples or palaces.
- Cột nhà được sơn son thếp vàng. (The house pillars were lacquered red and gilded.)
Synonyms
- Paint: coating, varnish, lacquer (as a substance).
- To paint: to coat, to varnish, to lacquer.
Related Idioms
Tốt gỗ hơn tốt nước sơn: Literally "Good wood is better than good paint." It means inner substance or quality is more important than outward appearance.
- Khi chọn bạn, hãy nhớ tốt gỗ hơn tốt nước sơn. (When choosing a friend, remember that good wood is better than good paint.)
Sơn hào hải vị: Literally "delicacies from the mountains and the sea"; a lavish feast with rare and expensive foods.
- Bữa tiệc toàn là sơn hào hải vị. (The feast was full of rare and expensive delicacies.)
noun
- paint wax-tree
verb
- to paint