Definition

1. Verb:
   • To cultivate new lands; to reclaim wasteland for cultivation: The primary meaning refers to the organized action of recruiting people to clear and farm previously uncultivated or abandoned land, often for agricultural expansion or settlement purposes. This term carries historical and administrative connotations.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Chính sách dinh điền của nhà nước đã giúp mở rộng diện tích canh tác. (The state's land reclamation policy helped expand the cultivated area.)
  • Người dân được chiêu tập để dinh điền vùng đất hoang phía Nam. (People were recruited to cultivate the wasteland in the southern region.)

Advanced Usage

• This term is often used in historical, socio-economic, or policy contexts. It describes a systematic process, not just individual farming efforts.
• It implies a transformation of land from a wild or unused state into productive agricultural land.

Variants and Related Words

• Khai hoang (verb): A more common and general synonym meaning to clear and reclaim wasteland.
• Khai khẩn (verb): To open up and cultivate new land.
• Quai đê lấn biển (phrase): A specific related concept meaning to build dikes to encroach upon the sea for land reclamation.

Synonyms

• Khai hoang: to reclaim wasteland.
• Khai khẩn đất hoang: to cultivate virgin land.

Notes on Meaning

• The term dinh điền specifically involves the element of gathering people (chiêu tập dân) for the purpose of land reclamation, distinguishing it from simple individual acts of farming new plots. It often relates to government-led or large-scale settlement programs.

verb

1. to cultivate new lands