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tảo

Tảo xanh mọc dày đặc trên mặt hồ nước trong.

Definition
  1. 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.
  2. 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 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, 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.)
tảo

Tảo xanh mọc dày đặc trên mặt hồ nước trong.

noun
  1. alga
verb
  1. to manage leaf one's wits