đũa
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Definition
- Noun:
- Chopstick: A slender, typically rounded and smooth stick, used in pairs as a traditional utensil for eating, especially in East and Southeast Asian cultures, to pick up food.
- Spoke: (colloquial) A rod connecting the center (hub) of a wheel to its rim, such as on a bicycle.
Usage Examples
- Noun (Chopstick):
- Mỗi người cần một đôi đũa để ăn. (Each person needs a pair of chopsticks to eat.)
- Cô ấy gắp miếng đậu phụ bằng đũa rất khéo. (She picks up the tofu piece very skillfully with chopsticks.)
- Noun (Spoke):
- Một cái đũa xe đạp của tôi bị gãy. (One of my bicycle spokes is broken.)
Advanced Usage
"đũa khuấy": Stirring stick or rod.
- Anh ta dùng đũa khuấy để trộn cà phê. (He used a stirring stick to mix the coffee.)
"đũa cả": A term for the larger, primary pair of chopsticks used for cooking or serving, as opposed to individual eating chopsticks.
Variants and Related Words
Đôi đũa (n): A pair of chopsticks.
- Đôi đũa này được làm từ tre. (This pair of chopsticks is made from bamboo.)
Đũa bếp (n): Cooking chopsticks; longer, often connected at the top, used for frying and handling food during cooking.
- Cô ấy dùng đũa bếp để đảo mì xào. (She uses cooking chopsticks to stir-fry the noodles.)
Synonyms
- Chopstick: The primary and most common translation.
- Spoke: For the wheel component.
- Rod or Stick: In a general sense for long, thin cylindrical objects.
Related Idioms
Vơ đũa cả nắm: To tar everyone with the same brush; to make a sweeping generalization, assuming all members of a group are the same based on the actions of a few.
- Đừng vơ đũa cả nắm, không phải sinh viên nào cũng lười học. (Don't tar everyone with the same brush; not every student is lazy.)
Ăn đũa: (Regional/Colloquial) To eat a lot or quickly.
- Nó ăn đũa lắm, một mình hết nửa nồi cơm. (He eats voraciously; he finished half a pot of rice by himself.)