canh điền
Definition
- Noun (Archaic):
- Cultivation of fields / farming: The traditional practice of tilling, planting, and working on agricultural land. It refers to the act of laboring on farmland.
- Cultivated land / farmland: Can refer to the agricultural fields themselves that are being farmed.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông cha ta sống bằng nghề canh điền. (Our ancestors lived by farming.)
- Vùng đất này toàn là canh điền màu mỡ. (This area is all fertile farmland.)
Advanced Usage
- This term is primarily found in historical, literary, or formal contexts describing traditional agrarian life. It is not commonly used in modern everyday speech, where terms like "làm ruộng" (to do rice farming) or "nông nghiệp" (agriculture) are preferred.
Variants and Related Words
- Canh tác (v): to cultivate, to farm.
- Người nông dân canh tác trên cánh đồng. (The farmer cultivates the field.)
- Nông nghiệp (n): agriculture.
- Ruộng đồng (n): rice fields, farmland.
Synonyms
- Farming: the activity of working the land.
- Agriculture: the science or practice of farming.
- Cultivation: the preparation and use of land for crops.
Related Idioms
- Bán mặt cho đất, bán lưng cho trời: (idiom) To toil under the sun and sky; describing the hard life of a farmer.
- Cuộc đời canh điền là "bán mặt cho đất, bán lưng cho trời". (The life of farming is "selling your face to the earth, your back to the sky.")