đổi công
Definition
- Noun:
- Mutual help in labor: A traditional form of low-level cooperation, primarily in agricultural or rural settings, where individuals or families exchange labor or work for each other's benefit without monetary payment.
- Labor exchange: The practice of swapping work duties, typically on farms or in villages, to assist one another during peak seasons like planting or harvesting.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Các hộ nông dân trong làng thường đổi công vào mùa gặt. (Farm households in the village often engage in mutual help during the harvest season.)
- Hình thức đổi công giúp giảm chi phí thuê nhân công. (The labor exchange practice helps reduce the cost of hiring workers.)
Advanced Usage
- The concept can extend beyond agriculture to describe any informal, reciprocal arrangement of swapping services or favors within a community.
Variants and Related Words
- Hợp tác xã (n): cooperative. A more formal and structured organization for collective economic activity.
- Giúp đỡ lẫn nhau (v): to help each other. A general phrase for mutual assistance.
Synonyms
- Labor exchange
- Mutual aid (in work)
- Reciprocal help
Related Idioms
- : This phrase, meaning "hand to hand," can conceptually relate to the direct, reciprocal nature of .
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Mutual help (a kind of low-level co-operative)
