tro
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Definition
- Noun:
- Ash: The powdery, greyish residue that remains after something has been completely burned, such as wood, coal, or other organic matter.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Sau trận cháy rừng, tro phủ kín mặt đất. (After the forest fire, ash covered the ground.)
- Bà tôi dùng tro bếp để làm phân bón cho cây. (My grandmother uses kitchen ash as fertilizer for plants.)
- Cô ấy mặc một chiếc áo khoác màu xám tro. (She is wearing an ash-grey coat.)
Advanced Usage
- "tro tàn": ashes (often implying the final, lifeless remains after destruction or the end of something).
- Ngôi đền cổ giờ chỉ còn là đống tro tàn. (The ancient temple is now just a pile of ashes.)
Variants and Related Words
- Tro bụi (n): dust and ashes; often used figuratively to signify the transient, insignificant, or mortal nature of human life.
- Con người rồi cũng sẽ trở về với cát bụi, tro bụi. (Humans will eventually return to dust and ashes.)
Synonyms
- Ash: the powdery residue from fire.
- Cinders: small pieces of partly burned coal or wood.
- Embers: small, glowing pieces of coal or wood in a dying fire (different state, but related context).
Related Idioms
- Cháy thành tro: to burn to ashes; to be completely destroyed.
- Căn nhà cháy thành tro chỉ trong một giờ. (The house burned to ashes in just one hour.)
- Tan thành tro bụi: to disintegrate into dust and ashes; to be utterly ruined or vanished.
- Giấc mơ làm giàu của hắn đã tan thành tro bụi. (His dream of getting rich has turned to dust and ashes.)