cằn
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Exhausted, impoverished (of soil): Describes land that has lost its fertility and nutrients, making it poor for cultivation.
- Stunted, barren: Describes plants or crops that are underdeveloped, dry, and fail to grow properly due to poor conditions.
Usage Examples
- Adjective:
- Đất ở vùng này rất cằn. (The soil in this region is very impoverished.)
- Cánh đồng khô cằn vì hạn hán. (The field is barren due to drought.)
- Những cây lúa trông thật cằn cỗi. (The rice plants look very stunted.)
Advanced Usage
- "cằn cỗi": This is a common compound adjective meaning barren, desolate, or utterly depleted, often used for land or metaphorically for ideas or relationships.
- Tư duy cằn cỗi sẽ không tạo ra đổi mới. (Barren thinking will not create innovation.)
Variants and Related Words
- Khô cằn (adj): Arid, parched, dry and barren.
- Sa mạc khô cằn. (The desert is arid.)
Synonyms
- Barren: Incapable of producing vegetation.
- Infertile: Not fertile; unproductive.
- Sterile: Free from living organisms; unproductive.
- Desolate: Bleak and lifeless.
Related Idioms
- Đất lành chim đậu, đất cằn chim đi: A proverb meaning "Birds perch on fertile land and leave barren land," analogous to "Good fortune attracts, bad fortune repels."
- Công ty đó giờ như đất cằn, nhân tài đều đi hết. (That company is now like barren land; all the talent has left.)
adj
- (nói về đất trồng trọt) Exhausted, impoverished
- biến đất cằn thành đồng ruộng tươi tốtto turn impoverished land into lush fields
- Stunted
- ruộng lúa khô cằndry fields, stunted rice plants