châu chấu
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See also: Chau Chau
Vietnamese
Etymology
Reduplicated from earlier *chấu, from Proto-Vietic *coːʔ; cognates including Chứt cucùː⁴, Thổ cow¹ cow³, Hoà Bình Muong coː¹ coː³, Sơn La Muong kɔːn¹ coː³, Thanh Hoá Muong coː¹ coː³, Muong Bi chồ chồ coː³ coː³.
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Noun
(classifier con) châu chấu • (蛛 + 䖡/蛀/蛁/𧋀/𧍌/𧎝)
- a flat-headed grasshopper or locust
- Nực cười châu chấu đá xe;
Tưởng rằng chấu ngã, ai dè xe nghiêng- How ludicrous it is: the grasshopper kicking the cart;
'Twas thought the grasshopper would fall, who foresaw the cart rolling over instead?
- How ludicrous it is: the grasshopper kicking the cart;
- Exodus 10:4; 2011 Vietnamese translation; 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.
- Vì nếu ngươi từ chối không cho dân Ta đi, ngày mai Ta sẽ đem châu chấu vào trong đất nước ngươi.
- For if you refuse to let my people go, tomorrow I will bring locusts into your country.
- (taxonomy) a grasshopper (an insect of the suborder Caelifera)
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