bỏ hoang
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Definition
Verb phrase:
- To leave uncultivated; to abandon (land): The primary meaning refers to the act of leaving agricultural land or property unused, untended, and not cultivated for a significant period.
- To leave fallow; to let lie waste: Describes the state of land that is deliberately or neglectfully left without crops or productive use.
Adjectival phrase (derived):
- Uncultivated; abandoned; waste: Used to describe land or property that is in a state of neglect and disuse.
Usage Examples
Verb phrase:
- Nông dân buộc phải bỏ hoang cánh đồng vì hạn hán. (The farmers were forced to leave the field uncultivated due to drought.)
- Họ đã bỏ hoang mảnh đất đó sau khi cha mẹ họ qua đời. (They abandoned that plot of land after their parents passed away.)
Adjectival phrase:
- Đất bỏ hoang có thể được cải tạo lại. (Uncultivated land can be reclaimed.)
- Khu nhà máy cũ bị bỏ hoang trông rất đáng sợ. (The old, abandoned factory looks very eerie.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase often carries a connotation of neglect, loss of productivity, or socio-economic change leading to disuse.
- It can be used metaphorically in some contexts to describe neglecting a skill, project, or relationship, though this is less common.
- Anh ấy đã bỏ hoang tài năng âm nhạc của mình. (He let his musical talent go to waste.)
Variants and Related Words
Hoang hóa (v): to become barren or lie waste; the process of land becoming uncultivated.
- Đất đai dần bị hoang hóa. (The land gradually became barren.)
Đất hoang (n): wasteland, uncultivated land.
- Họ mua một miếng đất hoang để phát triển. (They bought a piece of wasteland to develop.)
Synonyms
- Abandon (land): to leave permanently or for a long time.
- Leave fallow: to leave land unseeded after plowing.
- Neglect: to fail to care for or use.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Bỏ hoang cửa nhà: to abandon one's home. This emphasizes leaving a dwelling place empty and unattended.
- Chiến tranh khiến nhiều người phải bỏ hoang cửa nhà. (The war forced many people to abandon their homes.)
- Leave (land) uncultivated
- Đất bỏ hoangUncultivated land, waste land