Definition

Noun: * Plain: A large area of flat or gently rolling land with few trees, typically at a low elevation. This is the primary and most common meaning.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Những cánh đồng lúa mênh mông trải dài trên bình nguyên. (Vast rice fields stretch across the plain.)
  • Đoàn người di cư đi qua bình nguyên rộng lớn. (The group of migrants crossed the vast plain.)
  • Khí hậu trên bình nguyên thường khô và nóng. (The climate on the plain is often dry and hot.)

Advanced Usage

• Literary/Descriptive Context: "Bình nguyên" is often used in literary, poetic, or formal descriptive contexts (e.g., in geography, history, or literature) to evoke a sense of vast, open space. In everyday conversation, "đồng bằng" is more common.
  • Trong thơ ca, bình nguyên thường tượng trưng cho sự tự do và khoáng đạt. (In poetry, the plain often symbolizes freedom and openness.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đồng bằng (noun): Delta; plain. This is the more common, general term for flat, low-lying land, often formed by river deposits. It is frequently used in both everyday language and official contexts (e.g., Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long - Mekong Delta).
• Cánh đồng (noun): Field. Refers to a cultivated piece of land, which can be part of a plain.
• Thảo nguyên (noun): Steppe; prairie. A large area of flat, unforested grassland, which is a specific type of plain.

Synonyms

• Đồng bằng: Plain, delta.
• Vùng đất bằng phẳng: Flatland.

Related Idioms

• (Không common): The word "bình nguyên" itself is not typically used in fixed Vietnamese idioms. Idioms related to flat land would more commonly use "đồng bằng" (e.g., "đồng không mông quạnh" - a desolate, empty plain).

noun

1. Plain