chiếu
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Definition
Noun:
- Sedge mat: A flat, woven mat traditionally made from materials like sedge, rush, or bamboo, used for sitting or sleeping on.
- Royal proclamation: An official edict or decree issued by a monarch.
Verb:
- To shine / To illuminate: To emit or direct light onto a surface or area.
- To project: To cast an image or film onto a screen or surface.
- To base on / To apply according to: To use something (e.g., a law, rule) as a basis or reference for action or judgment.
- To check (in chess): To directly threaten the opponent's king in a game of chess.
Usage Examples
Noun:
- Trải chiếu mới lên sàn. (Spread the new sedge mat on the floor.)
- Nhà vua ban hành một đạo chiếu. (The king issued a royal proclamation.)
Verb:
- Ánh đèn chiếu thẳng vào mắt tôi. (The light shines directly into my eyes.)
- Rạp sẽ chiếu bộ phim mới vào tối nay. (The theater will project the new film tonight.)
- Chiếu theo điều lệ, anh không đủ tư cách tham gia. (According to the regulations, you are not eligible to participate.)
- Tôi chiếu tướng và thắng ván cờ. (I checked the king and won the chess game.)
Advanced Usage
"màn trời chiếu đất": (idiom) Literally "sky as a curtain, earth as a mat"; to sleep outdoors under the open sky.
- Chuyến đi bộ đường dài của chúng tôi kết thúc với cảnh màn trời chiếu đất. (Our hiking trip ended with us sleeping under the stars.)
"chiếu cố": (compound verb) To show consideration or favor; to give patronage.
- Cảm ơn ngài đã chiếu cố đến cửa hàng nhỏ của chúng tôi. (Thank you for patronizing our small shop.)
Variants and Related Words
Chiếu bóng (n/v): Cinema; film projection.
- Chiếu bóng là một hình thức giải trí phổ biến. (Cinema is a popular form of entertainment.)
Chiếu trên / chiếu dưới (n): Historical terms denoting high and low seating ranks, respectively, in a communal house.
Đèn chiếu (n): A projector or spotlight.
Synonyms
- Mat: for the noun meaning a woven mat.
- Decree / Edict: for the noun meaning a royal proclamation.
- Shine / Illuminate: for the verb meaning to emit light.
- Project: for the verb meaning to cast an image.
- Apply / Refer to: for the verb meaning to base on rules.
Related Idioms
- Hàng săng chết bó chiếu: Literally "the coffin-maker dies wrapped in a mat"; similar to "the cobbler's children go barefoot," meaning an expert often neglects their own needs.
- Ông ấy là thợ điện giỏi nhưng nhà ông mất điện suốt, đúng là hàng săng chết bó chiếu. (He is a skilled electrician but his house always has a power outage, a classic case of the cobbler's children having no shoes.)
noun
- Royal proclamation
- Sedge mat
- giừơng trải chiếu hoaa bed spread with a flowered sedge mat
- màn trời chiếu đấtin the open air
verb
- To radiate, to expose to (rays)
- ngọn đèn chiếu sáng khắp nhàthe lamp radiates light all over the house, the lamp lights up the whole house
- To project
- xem chiếu phimto attend a projection of films, to attend a film show
- phim chiếu cảnh đất nước giàu đẹpthe film projected the sights of a beautiful and prosperous country, the film showed a beautiful and prosperous country