Definition

1. Noun:
   • Mountains and forests: "núi rừng" refers to a natural landscape characterized by the combined presence of mountains and forests. It often evokes a vast, wild, and remote area.
   • The wilderness (in a mountainous region): The term can also signify the wilderness, particularly the deep, expansive forests of mountainous areas.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Anh ấy thích sống ở nơi có núi rừng hoang sơ. (He likes to live in a place with pristine mountains and forests.)
  • Núi rừng Tây Bắc rất hùng vĩ. (The mountains and forests of the Northwest are very majestic.)
  • Họ đi sâu vào trong núi rừng để khám phá. (They went deep into the mountain wilderness to explore.)

Advanced Usage

• "tình yêu núi rừng": love for the mountains and forests / love for the wilderness.
  • Bài hát thể hiện tình yêu núi rừng của người dân tộc. (The song expresses the ethnic people's love for the mountains and forests.)
• "gắn bó với núi rừng": to be attached to the mountains and forests.
  • Người dân nơi đây gắn bó với núi rừng như máu thịt. (The local people are attached to the mountains and forests as if they were their own flesh and blood.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rừng núi (n): This is a variant with the same meaning as "núi rừng," also meaning mountains and forests.
  • Rừng núi trùng điệp (Layers upon layers of mountains and forests).
• Miền núi (n): mountainous region.
  • Đời sống ở miền núi còn nhiều khó khăn. (Life in the mountainous region still faces many difficulties.)
• Rừng rậm (n): dense forest/jungle.
  • Rừng rậm Amazon (The Amazon rainforest).

Synonyms

• Đại ngàn (n): great forest, vast wilderness (often poetic).
• Nơi hoang dã (n): wild place, wilderness.

Related Phrases

• Lên rừng xuống núi: To go up to the forests and down the mountains; to traverse difficult mountainous terrain.
  • Công việc của anh ấy phải thường xuyên lên rừng xuống núi. (His job requires him to frequently traverse the mountains and forests.)
• Giữa chốn núi rừng: In the heart of the mountains and forests.
  • Họ sống giữa chốn núi rừng bao la. (They live in the heart of the vast mountains and forests.)

Related Idioms

• Chân núi, mắt rừng: (Lit. foot of the mountain, eye of the forest) This idiom describes someone with deep, intuitive knowledge of the mountainous forest terrain.
  • Người dẫn đường như chân núi mắt rừng. (The guide knows the mountains and forests like the back of his hand.)

1. Mountain and forests, forests