Definition

Noun: - Poor peasant, land-hungry peasant: A peasant who owns very little or no land, lives in poverty, and often must work as a hired laborer for others to survive. This term is often used in historical and socio-economic contexts, particularly when discussing pre-modern or revolutionary periods in Vietnamese society.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Trong xã hội phong kiến, bần nông là tầng lớp nghèo khổ nhất. (In feudal society, the poor peasant was the most impoverished class.)
  • Cuộc cải cách ruộng đất nhằm giúp đỡ bần nông. (The land reform aimed to help the land-hungry peasants.)

Advanced Usage

• The term bần nông carries a specific historical and class-based connotation. It is not a general term for any poor farmer but specifically denotes a peasant with a critical lack of productive resources (land), placing them at the bottom of the rural social hierarchy.
• It is often used in contrast with other historical rural classes like (landlord), (rich peasant), or (middle peasant).

Variants and Related Words

• Nông dân (noun): Peasant, farmer. This is the general, neutral term.
• Tiểu nông (noun): Smallholder peasant. This refers to a peasant who owns a small plot of land, which may be more than a .
• Cố nông (noun): Farm laborer, hired peasant. This term emphasizes the aspect of working for others, which is a typical condition of a .

Synonyms

• Nông dân nghèo: Poor peasant/farmer.
• Nông dân không có ruộng đất: Landless peasant.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Thân phận bần nông: The plight/lot of a poor peasant. Used to describe a state of poverty and hardship.
  • Câu chuyện kể về thân phận bần nông trước cách mạng. (The story tells of the plight of the poor peasant before the revolution.)

noun

1. Poor peasant, land-hungry peasant