tảo
Definition
Noun:
- Alga/Algae: A simple, non-flowering plant, typically aquatic, ranging from single-celled forms to large seaweeds. It contains chlorophyll but lacks true stems, roots, and leaves.
Verb (colloquial):
- To scrape together / to manage to get: To obtain something, especially money or necessities, through effort, hustling, or resourceful maneuvering, often under difficult circumstances.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Hồ nước này bị ô nhiễm do tảo phát triển quá mức. (This pond is polluted due to excessive algae growth.)
- Rong biển là một loại tảo. (Seaweed is a type of algae.)
Verb:
- Ông ấy phải tảo đủ tiền cho con đi học. (He had to scrape together enough money for his child's education.)
- Trong hoàn cảnh khó khăn, bà ấy vẫn tảo được cái ăn. (In difficult circumstances, she still managed to get food.)
Advanced Usage
- The verb "tảo" is informal and often implies a sense of urgency, struggle, or cleverness in acquiring something scarce.
Variants and Related Words
- Rong tảo (n): A general term for algae and seaweed; aquatic plants.
- Tảo độc (n): Toxic algae; harmful algal bloom.
- Tảo xoắn (n): Spirulina, a type of blue-green algae consumed as a health supplement.
Synonyms
- Noun: Seaweed, phytoplankton (for microscopic types).
- Verb: To hustle, to scrounge up, to rustle up.
Related Idioms
- Tảo cái ăn: To hustle for food; to manage to get something to eat.
- Sau trận bão, dân làng phải lo tảo cái ăn. (After the storm, the villagers had to hustle for food.)
noun
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alga
verb
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to manage leaf one's wits
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