xương
Noun:
- Bone: The hard, rigid connective tissue forming the skeleton of most vertebrate animals, providing structure and protection.
- Core, Framework: The hard, essential, or central part that gives structure or support to something.
Adjective:
- Bony, Gaunt: Describing a person or part of the body that is so thin the bones are prominent.
- Tough, Difficult: Describing a problem, task, or situation that is very challenging or hard to solve.
Noun:
- Anh ấy bị gãy xương tay. (He broke a bone in his arm.)
- Bộ xương người có hơn 200 chiếc xương. (The human skeleton has over 200 bones.)
- Xương của chiếc ô đã bị gãy. (The ribs/framework of the umbrella are broken.)
Adjective:
- Sau trận ốm, ông ấy trông rất xương. (After the illness, he looks very gaunt/bony.)
- Bài toán này thật sự rất xương. (This math problem is really tough/difficult.)
"gầy giơ xương" / "gầy trơ xương": To be skin and bones, extremely thin.
- Đứa trẻ đói ăn trông gầy giơ xương. (The starving child looks like skin and bones.)
"xương máu": Flesh and blood; used to describe something fundamental, vital, or involving great sacrifice.
- Đó là bài học xương máu. (That was a lesson paid for with blood, sweat, and tears.)
"xương sống": Literally "spine" or "backbone"; figuratively the main support or most important part of something.
- Ngành nông nghiệp là xương sống của nền kinh tế. (Agriculture is the backbone of the economy.)
Xương xẩu (adj): Bony, having prominent bones (often used for face or hands).
- Bàn tay xương xẩu. (Bony hands.)
Xương cốt (n): Bones (often refers to remains); the essential part, foundation.
- Thu nhặt xương cốt. (To collect bones/remains.)
- Ý tưởng là xương cốt của kế hoạch. (The idea is the foundation of the plan.)
Cốt xương / Khung xương (n): Skeleton, framework.
- Noun: Cốt (bone, core), khung (framework), nòng cốt (core, backbone).
- Adjective (for "tough"): Khó (difficult), hóc búa (knotty, tricky), gian nan (arduous).
- Adjective (for "bony"): Gầy guộc (skinny), khẳng khiu (lanky).
- Bộ xương (n): Skeleton.
- Gãy xương (v): To have a bone fracture.
- Loãng xương (n): Osteoporosis.
- Viêm xương (n): Osteitis, bone inflammation.
- Xương sườn (n): Rib.
- Xương đòn (n): Collarbone.
- Xương sống (n): Spine, backbone.
- Xương chậu (n): Pelvis.
- Xương ống (n): Long bone (e.g., femur, tibia).
"Còn da bọc xương": Literally "only skin wrapping bones"; meaning extremely emaciated.
- Con ngựa già chỉ còn da bọc xương. (The old horse is nothing but skin and bones.)
"Xương đồng da sắt": Literally "bronze bones and iron skin"; meaning very strong, robust, and resilient.
- Người lính có sức khỏe xương đồng da sắt. (The soldier has the health of someone with bones of bronze and skin of iron.)
"Cãi đến xương": To argue stubbornly until the very end.
- Hai anh em cãi nhau đến xương. (The two brothers argued stubbornly until the bitter end.)