Definitions

1. Noun:
   • Herdsman: A person who tends, herds, or cares for livestock, especially cattle or buffalo, often in a rural or pastoral setting. This term is specific to the profession or role of managing grazing animals.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Người mục đồng chăm sóc đàn trâu trên cánh đồng. (The herdsman takes care of the buffalo herd in the field.)
  • Cậu bé mơ ước trở thành một mục đồng. (The boy dreams of becoming a herdsman.)

Advanced Usage

• Cultural/Historical Context: In Vietnamese literature and folklore, "mục đồng" often evokes an idyllic, pastoral image and is sometimes associated with characters in folk tales or rural childhood.
  • Hình ảnh mục đồng thổi sáo trên lưng trâu là một biểu tượng của làng quê Việt Nam. (The image of a herdsman playing a flute on a buffalo's back is an icon of the Vietnamese countryside.)

Variants and Related Words

• Chăn nuôi (v/n): To raise livestock / animal husbandry. This is the broader activity, while "mục đồng" refers to the person.
• Người chăn gia súc: A more general term for a person who herds livestock.

Synonyms

• Herder: A person who looks after a herd of animals.
• Drover: A person who drives cattle or sheep to market.

Related Phrases/Idioms

• Chăn trâu cắt cỏ: A phrase meaning "to herd buffalo and cut grass," describing traditional rural work, often done by a "mục đồng."
  • Thuở nhỏ, ông ấy đã quen với công việc chăn trâu cắt cỏ. (In his childhood, he was familiar with the work of herding buffalo and cutting grass.)

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