Definition

1. Verb:
   • To leave (land) fallow: To intentionally leave agricultural land uncultivated and unplanted for a period of time to allow the soil to recover its fertility and nutrients.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Nông dân quyết định bỏ hóa cánh đồng trong một năm. (The farmer decided to leave the field fallow for a year.)
  • Đất đai canh tác liên tục sẽ bạc màu, cần phải bỏ hóa. (Continuously cultivated land will become depleted and needs to be left fallow.)

Advanced Usage

• "bỏ hóa đất": to leave land fallow. This is the most common and complete collocation.
  • Chính sách mới khuyến khích nông dân bỏ hóa đất theo chu kỳ. (The new policy encourages farmers to leave land fallow on a cyclical basis.)

Variants and Related Words

• Đất bỏ hóa (noun phrase): fallow land; land that is being left uncultivated.
  • Những thửa đất bỏ hóa dần phục hồi độ màu mỡ. (The fallow plots of land gradually recovered their fertility.)

Synonyms

• Bỏ không (đất): to leave (land) unused/idle. (Note: This has a broader meaning and does not necessarily imply the agricultural purpose of soil recovery.)
• Cho nghỉ (đất): to let (land) rest. (A more informal or figurative synonym.)

Notes on Meaning

• The term "bỏ hóa" is specific to agriculture and land management. It describes a deliberate practice, not accidental neglect. The primary goal is soil restoration.
• It is almost exclusively used with words for land, such as (land), (field), or (rice paddy plot).

1. Leave (land) fallow
   • Đất bỏ hóa
     Fallow land