Definition

1. Noun (Historical / Literary):
   • Hefty peasant: A strong, robust farm laborer or peasant, typically referring to a physically powerful man who worked the fields.
   • Farmhand / Ploughman: A laborer, often in a historical or feudal context, who performed heavy agricultural work for landowners.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Những lực điền ấy là lao động chính trong các trang viên. (Those hefty peasants were the main labor force on the estates.)
  • Địa chủ dựa vào sức khỏe của các lực điền để cày cấy. (The landowners relied on the strength of the robust ploughmen for tilling the soil.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "lực điền" is considered archaic and is primarily found in historical texts or literature describing pre-modern Vietnamese agrarian society. It often implies a socio-economic relationship where the laborer works for a landlord or within a feudal system.

Variants and Related Words

• Nông dân (n): peasant, farmer. A general, modern term for a farmer, without the specific connotation of physical strength or feudal service.
• Phu nông (n) (archaic): farmhand, agricultural laborer. A similar historical term for a hired farm laborer.

Synonyms

• Ploughman: A man who guides a plough.
• Farmhand: A person employed as a laborer on a farm.
• Field laborer: A worker in agricultural fields.

Notes on Usage

• "Lực điền" is a compound noun. The word "lực" means strength or force, and "điền" refers to fields or farmland. Together, they literally mean "field strength," describing the person as the strength of the field.
• This term is obsolete in contemporary everyday language and carries historical connotations. It should be used only when describing historical contexts or in literary works.

1. (từ cũ; nghĩa cũ) Hefty peasant