đảo vũ
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Definition
Verb (archaic): - To perform a ritual ceremony to pray for rain. This term specifically refers to the ancient practice of conducting formal religious or communal rites to invoke rainfall during times of drought.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Trong thời kỳ hạn hán, người dân thường tổ chức đảo vũ. (During a drought, people often held a prayer for rain.)
- Lễ đảo vũ được cử hành rất trang nghiêm. (The rain-praying ceremony was performed very solemnly.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is almost exclusively used in historical, literary, or anthropological contexts to describe an ancient cultural or religious practice. It is not used in modern, everyday language.
Variants and Related Words
- Cầu mưa (verb): To pray for rain. This is the modern, common phrase with the same core meaning.
- Lễ cầu mưa (noun): Rain-praying ceremony.
Synonyms
- Cầu khẩn cho mưa: To beseech for rain.
- Làm lễ cầu mưa: To perform a ceremony to pray for rain.
Related Idioms
- While there are no direct idioms with "đảo vũ," the concept relates to broader idioms about weather and prayer, such as:
- Trông trời, trông đất, trông mây / Trông mưa, trông nắng, trông ngày, trông đêm: (A folk verse) To look to the sky, the earth, the clouds / To hope for rain, for sun, for day, for night. This expresses anxious waiting and hope, often for rain.
- (cũ) Hold a prayer for rain