thóc gạo

Thân thiện

Nhà nông thu hoạch thóc gạo trên cánh đồng.

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Grains and rice: A compound noun referring collectively to unhusked rice ("thóc") and husked, edible rice ("gạo"). It broadly signifies staple food grains, particularly rice as the primary food supply.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nhà nông thu hoạch được nhiều thóc gạo. (The farming family harvested a lot of grains and rice.)
  • Kho thóc gạo đầy ắp. (The granary is full of grains and rice.)
  • Chiến tranh gây ra tình trạng thiếu thóc gạo. (The war caused a shortage of staple grains.)

Advanced Usage

• The term is often used in a general, collective sense to represent the most basic and essential food resources, similar to "the daily bread" in English. It emphasizes sustenance and survival.
  • Lo cái ăn cái mặc, trước hết là thóc gạo. (Worrying about food and clothing, first and foremost is about staple grains.)

Variants and Related Words

• Lương thực (n): foodstuffs, provisions. A more formal and broader term for food supplies.

  • Dự trữ lương thực cho mùa đông. (Store up food provisions for winter.)

• Ngũ cốc (n): cereals, grains. Refers to the five main grains (rice, wheat, millet, etc.) or cereals in general.

  • Ngũ cốc là nguồn dinh dưỡng quan trọng. (Cereals are an important source of nutrition.)

Synonyms

• Staple grains: Primary food crops.
• Rice and paddy: Specifically for the rice plant and its edible seed.
• Food supply: The available stock of food.

Related Idioms

• Được mùa thóc gạo: To have a bumper harvest of grains.

  • Năm nay được mùa thóc gạo, nhà nào cũng vui. (This year there's a bumper grain harvest, every household is happy.)

• Thóc cao gạo kém: Literally "unhusked rice is expensive, husked rice is scarce". An idiom describing a period of grain shortage and high food prices.

  • Thời kỳ thóc cao gạo kém, đời sống rất khó khăn. (During the time of grain scarcity and high prices, life was very difficult.)

Học thuật

noun

1. grains and rice