Definition

1. Noun:
   • Farming calendar: A calendar that records important agricultural seasons, weather patterns, and timings for planting and harvesting crops throughout the year. It is a traditional guide for agricultural activities.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông nội tôi vẫn tra cứu nông lịch để biết thời điểm gieo hạt. (My grandfather still consults the farming calendar to know the sowing time.)
  • Nông lịch là một phần quan trọng của tri thức dân gian. (The farming calendar is an important part of folk knowledge.)

Advanced Usage

• The farming calendar is often based on lunar cycles and solar terms (tiết khí), integrating astronomical observations with practical agricultural knowledge.

Variants and Related Words

• Lịch nhà nông: farmer's calendar (a common synonym).
  • Lịch nhà nông được phát miễn phí cho các hợp tác xã. (The farmer's calendar is distributed free to cooperatives.)

Synonyms

• Agricultural calendar: A calendar detailing farming seasons.
• Farmer's almanac: A yearly publication containing weather forecasts and planting guides.

Related Terms

• Thời vụ: cropping season; the specific time for a particular agricultural task.
• Tiết khí: solar term; one of the 24 periods in the traditional East Asian lunisolar calendar that guides farming.

1. Farming calendar