bỏ hoá

Người nông dân quyết định bỏ hoá cánh đồng trong một năm.

Definition

1. Verb:
   • To leave fallow / to let lie fallow: The primary meaning of "bỏ hoá" is to leave agricultural land uncultivated and unsown for a period of time to allow it to recover its fertility.
   • To abandon / to leave unused: It can also describe the act of abandoning or leaving any piece of land or area unused and uncared for, allowing it to become wild or overgrown.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người nông dân quyết định bỏ hoá cánh đồng trong một năm. (The farmer decided to leave the field fallow for a year.)
  • Mảnh vườn phía sau nhà đã bị bỏ hoá nhiều năm nay. (The garden behind the house has been left abandoned for many years.)

Advanced Usage

• "Đất bỏ hoá": fallow land / uncultivated land.
  • Họ đang cải tạo lại vùng đất bỏ hoá. (They are rehabilitating the fallow land.)

Variants and Related Words

• Bỏ hoang (v): to abandon, to leave deserted. This is a more common synonym, often used interchangeably with "bỏ hoá" but can apply more broadly to buildings or places, not just farmland.

  • Căn nhà cũ bị bỏ hoang. (The old house was abandoned.)

• Hoang hoá (v): to become barren or desolate.

  • Vùng đất đó dần hoang hoá vì hạn hán. (That land gradually became barren due to drought.)

Synonyms

• To fallow: to leave land unsown.
• To abandon: to cease to support or look after.
• To neglect: to fail to care for properly.

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