cào cào

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See also: cáocáo and cǎocǎo

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Noun

(classifier con) cào cào • (𧎸𧎸)

  1. a pointy-headed grasshopper or locust
    • 'Lý hạng ca dao 里巷歌謠 ("Folk-ballads from the hamlets and alleys"), folio 162b
      Cào cào giã gạo tao xem. Tao may áo đỏ áo đen cho mày.
      Ye grasshopper, pound rice for me! I'll sew red and black robes for you
    • Exodus 10:4; 1926 Vietnamese translation by Phan Khôi; English translation from the New Revised Standard Version
      For if you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country.
      Nếu từ chối, không cho dân ta đi, nầy, ngày mai ta sẽ sai cào cào đến địa phận ngươi;
  2. (taxonomy) a locust (a grasshopper of the family Acrididae)

Usage notes

  • Native Vietnamese speakers do not strictly follow conventional definitions when using cào cào and châu chấu. For example, Tô Hoài mentions anthropomorphized những chị Cào Cào ("Cào Cào ladies") with khuôn mặt trái xoan ("oval-shaped faces") in Chapter 6 of his novel Dế Mèn phiêu lưu ký ("Diary of a cricket").

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