Definition

1. Noun:
   • Cattle: A collective term for domesticated bovine animals, primarily referring to water buffaloes ("trâu") and oxen or cows ("bò"). It denotes the group as livestock.
   • Bovines (broad sense): In a wider zoological or agricultural context, it refers to animals of the subfamily Bovinae, including buffalo and cattle.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nông dân đang chăn thả trâu bò trên cánh đồng. (Farmers are grazing cattle in the field.)
  • Trâu bò là nguồn cung cấp sữa và thịt quan trọng. (Cattle are an important source of milk and meat.)
  • Vùng này chuyên nuôi trâu bò. (This region specializes in raising cattle.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "trâu bò" is often used in formal, agricultural, or economic contexts to refer to livestock assets or the cattle sector as a whole.
  • Chính sách phát triển chăn nuôi trâu bò. (Policies for cattle farming development.)

Variants and Related Words

• Gia súc (n): livestock. This is a broader category that includes "trâu bò" as well as other animals like pigs and goats.
• Đàn trâu bò (n): a herd of cattle.
  • Đàn trâu bò đang uống nước bên sông. (The herd of cattle is drinking water by the river.)

Synonyms

• Cattle: Domesticated bovine animals.
• Livestock (in context): Animals kept on a farm for commercial purposes.
• Bovines: Animals belonging to the cattle family.

Related Idioms

• Khỏe như trâu: As strong as an ox. (Note: This idiom uses "trâu" specifically, not the compound "trâu bò").
  • Anh ấy làm việc khỏe như trâu. (He works as strong as an ox.)
• Đầu trâu mặt ngựa: (Literally: buffalo head, horse face) A derogatory idiom describing brutish, rude, or gangster-like people.
  • Bọn đầu trâu mặt ngựa đó lại gây rối. (Those thugs are causing trouble again.)

noun

1. cattle