nông gia
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Definition
- Noun:
- Cultivator, Agriculturist: A person whose occupation, livelihood, and way of life is centered on farming, particularly cultivating crops and raising livestock. The term carries a classical or somewhat literary tone.
- Farmer: Specifically refers to a person engaged in agricultural labor, often working on a farm or rice field.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Ông ấy là một nông gia chân chính. (He is a genuine cultivator.)
- Nhiều nông gia trong vùng đang chuyển sang trồng cây ăn quả. (Many agriculturists in the region are switching to growing fruit trees.)
- "Cấy cày vốn nghiệp nông gia." (Translated as: Planting and plowing are the inherent work of the farmer. - from a proverb.)
Advanced Usage
- The term nông gia is considered somewhat archaic or classical in modern Vietnamese. It evokes a traditional, often idealized image of farming as a lifelong vocation or heritage, unlike the more common and neutral contemporary term nông dân.
- It can be used in formal, literary, or historical contexts to describe the farming class or individuals dedicated to agriculture.
Variants and Related Words
- Nông dân (n): Farmer, peasant. This is the standard, modern term for a farmer.
- Nhà nông (n): A person in agriculture; a more general term for someone involved in farming.
- Nông nghiệp (n): Agriculture.
- Canh tác (v): To cultivate, to farm.
Synonyms
- Farmer: A person who owns or manages a farm.
- Agriculturist: A person who practices agriculture, often with a connotation of science or expertise.
- Cultivator: One who prepares and uses land for crops.
- Planter: One who cultivates plants, especially on a large scale.
Related Idioms
- Nghiệp nông gia: The vocation or destiny of a farming family. This phrase underscores farming as a traditional and inherited way of life.
- Gia đình họ đã ba đời theo nghiệp nông gia. (Their family has followed the farming vocation for three generations.)
- (cũ) Cultivator, agriculturist