bừa ngả
Definition
- Verb (Agriculture):
- To harrow dry land: A specific agricultural technique of harrowing soil when it is dry, primarily to aerate the soil, break up clods, and prepare the seedbed without the intention of incorporating moisture.
Usage Examples
- Verb:
- Nông dân đang bừa ngả trên cánh đồng. (The farmer is harrowing dry land in the field.)
- Bừa ngả giúp đất tơi xốp và thoáng khí hơn.* (Harrowing dry land helps make the soil looser and more aerated.)
- Công việc tiếp theo sau khi cày là bừa ngả. (The next task after plowing is to harrow the dry land.)
Advanced Usage
- The term is technical and primarily used in an agricultural context. It implies a deliberate choice to work the soil in its dry state, contrasting with harrowing wet or moist soil.
Variants and Related Words
- Bừa (ướt) (v): to harrow (wet land). This is the more general or contrasting action of harrowing moist soil, often to level it or incorporate water.
- Cày bừa (v): to plow and harrow; the general sequence of primary and secondary tillage.
Synonyms
- To harrow (dry soil): The direct English equivalent for the agricultural action.
- To cultivate (dry land): In a broader tillage context.
Related Idioms
- : To do something hastily, roughly, or carelessly, akin to harrowing land without proper attention. This idiom draws a metaphor from the vigorous and sometimes coarse action of the harrow.
- Nó sửa cái xe làm như bừa ngả vậy. (He fixed the car as if he were harrowing dry land [i.e., very roughly].)