vi lô

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Definition

1. Noun:
   • A type of reed or cane: Specifically, a tall, slender plant (a reed) with a straight, hollow stem, historically used to make arrows.
   • Arrow shaft: The straight, rigid stem of this plant, used as the main body of an arrow.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người xưa dùng vi lô để tên cung. (Ancient people used vi lô to make bow arrows.)
  • Cây vi lô mọc ven hồ. (The vi lô reed grows along the lake shore.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "vi lô" is a classical or literary term. In modern Vietnamese, the common word for "arrow" is "mũi tên", and specific plant names like "sậy" (reed) or "lau" (cogon grass) are more frequently used for similar plants.

Variants and Related Words

• Cung tên (n): bow and arrow (the complete weapon system).
  • Họ săn bắn bằng cung tên. (They hunt with a bow and arrow.)

Synonyms

• Arrow shaft: The long, straight part of an arrow.
• Reed: A tall, slender-leaved plant of the grass family that grows in water or wet ground.

Notes on Usage

• "Vi lô" is an archaic term rarely used in contemporary everyday language. It is primarily encountered in historical texts, classical poetry, or folk sayings. Its usage today would be considered highly literary or deliberately archaic.