lũng

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Definition

Noun: - Valley: A low area of land between hills or mountains, typically with a river or stream flowing through it. This is the primary and essentially only meaning of "lũng," which is a shortened, often poetic or literary, form of "thung lũng."

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Họ sống trong một cái lũng nhỏ. (They live in a small valley.)
  • Sương mù buổi sáng bao phủ cả cánh đồng trong lũng. (The morning fog covered the entire field in the valley.)

Advanced Usage

• "xuống lũng": to go down into the valley.
  • Đoàn người xuống lũng tìm nguồn nước. (The group went down into the valley to find a water source.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thung lũng (n): The full, more common term for "valley."
  • Thung lũng này rất màu mỡ. (This valley is very fertile.)

Synonyms

• Valley: Dale, hollow, glen.

Notes on Usage

• The word "lũng" is rarely used in isolation in modern everyday Vietnamese. It is primarily found in literary contexts, poetry, or fixed expressions. The standard term is "thung lũng." When used alone, it often carries a somewhat archaic or evocative tone.

Học thuật

1. (như thung lũng) Valley