Definition

1. Noun:
   • Farmer, agriculturist: A person whose primary occupation is cultivating land, growing crops, and/or raising livestock for food, raw materials, or economic gain. This term emphasizes the profession and lifestyle of farming.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Ông ấy là một nhà nông chân chính. (He is a genuine farmer.)
  • Các nhà nông đang thu hoạch lúa. (The farmers are harvesting rice.)
  • Nghề nhà nông vất vả nhưng rất đáng quý. (The farming profession is hard work but very valuable.)

Advanced Usage

• "tầng lớp nhà nông": The farming class/stratum.

  • Chính sách mới hỗ trợ tầng lớp nhà nông. (The new policy supports the farming class.)

• "nhà nông học": This is a compound term meaning agricultural scientist or agronomist. It is listed here as a related term, not as a direct meaning of "nhà nông".

Variants and Related Words

• Nông dân (n): Farmer, peasant. This is a very close synonym, often used interchangeably with "nhà nông", though "nông dân" can sometimes carry a stronger connotation of a rural laborer.
• Nông gia (n): A more formal or literary term for farmer or agriculturist.
• Nông nghiệp (n): Agriculture (the industry or science).
• Nhà nông học (n): Agronomist, agricultural scientist.

Synonyms

• Nông dân: Farmer, peasant.
• Nông gia: Farmer, agriculturist (formal).

Related Phrases/Idioms

• "Một nắng hai sương": (Literally: one sun, two dews). An idiom describing the hard, early-to-rise life of farmers.
  • Cuộc sống nhà nông một nắng hai sương. (The farmer's life is one of toiling from dawn to dusk.)
• "Bán mặt cho đất, bán lưng cho trời": (Literally: sell your face to the earth, sell your back to the sky). Another idiom depicting the arduous, outdoor nature of farming work.

1. farmer, agriculturist