cào cào

Noun

 * 1) a pointy-headed  or
 * 2) * '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
 * 1) * Exodus 10:4; 1926 Vietnamese translation by Phan Khôi; English translation from the
 * 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;
 * 1)  a

Usage notes

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