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cằn cỗi

Đất đai ở đây rất cằn cỗi, không thể trồng trọt được.

Definition
  1. Adjective:
    • (Of land) barren, infertile, exhausted: Describes soil or farmland that has lost its fertility and nutrients, becoming unable to support healthy plant growth.
    • (Of plants) stunted, dwarfed: Describes plants that are underdeveloped, small, and unhealthy due to poor growing conditions.
    • (Figurative, of abstract concepts) barren, sterile, stunted: Describes things like ideas, thoughts, culture, or emotions that are unproductive, undeveloped, lacking vitality, or creativity.
Usage Examples
  • Adjective:
    • Ruộng đất cằn cỗi. (The fields are exhausted/barren.)
    • Đất xấu lại không có phân bón, cây trở nên cằn cỗi. (Because of the impoverished soil and lack of manure, the tree became stunted.)
    • Tư tưởng cằn cỗi. (Stunted/barren thinking.)
    • Văn hoá không bắt rễ thẳng ở đại chúng, kết quả là văn hoá cằn cỗi héo hon. (A culture without deep roots in the broad masses is a stunted, withered culture.)
Advanced Usage
  • The word is often used metaphorically to criticize a lack of intellectual, spiritual, or emotional growth.
    • Tâm hồn cằn cỗi. (A barren soul.)
    • Một trí tưởng tượng cằn cỗi. (A sterile imagination.)
Variants and Related Words
  • Cằn (adj): Often used alone to mean dry, barren, or harsh (e.g., - a harsh voice; - arid land). "Cằn cỗi" intensifies this meaning, adding a sense of long-term exhaustion or degeneration.
Synonyms
  • Barren / Infertile: Lacking the capacity to produce or support growth (for land).
  • Sterile: Incapable of producing fruit, offspring, or creative results.
  • Stunted / Dwarfed: Having growth stopped or impeded.
  • Exhausted: Drained of nutrients or vitality.
  • Arid: Extremely dry and lifeless.
Antonyms
  • Màu mỡ / phì nhiêu: Fertile, fruitful (for land).
  • Tươi tốt: Lush, luxuriant (for plants).
  • Phong phú / sáng tạo: Rich, creative (for ideas).
Related Idioms and Phrases
  • While "cằn cỗi" itself is not typically part of a fixed idiom, it is commonly paired with other adjectives for emphasis, such as:
    • cằn cỗi héo hon: stunted and withered.
    • khô cằn và cằn cỗi: dry and barren.
cằn cỗi

Đất đai ở đây rất cằn cỗi, không thể trồng trọt được.

  1. (nói về đất trồng trọt) Exhausted
    • ruộng đất cằn cỗi
      exhausted fields
  2. Stunted, dwarfed
    • đất xấu lại không có phân bón, cây trở nên cằn cỗi
      because of the impoverished soil and lack of manure, the tree was stunted
    • tư tưởng cằn cỗi
      stunted thinking
    • văn hoá không bắt rễ thẳng ở đại chúng, kết quả là văn hoá cằn cỗi héo hon
      a culture without deep roots in the broad masses is a stunted, withered culture