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rẫy

Người nông dân đang trồng sắn trên rẫy của mình.

Definition

  1. Noun:

    • Swidden; slash-and-burn field: A plot of agricultural land, typically in mountainous or forested areas, created by clearing and burning forest vegetation for cultivation. This is the primary meaning.
    • Upland field; hill farm: A farm or garden on sloping terrain, often used for growing staple crops like cassava or corn.

  2. Verb (archaic/formal):

    • To repudiate; to cast off: To abandon or reject someone, typically one's spouse, in a harsh and unfeeling manner.
    • To shake off; to elude: To free oneself from someone or something pursuing or bothering you.
Usage Examples

  • Noun:

    • Người dân tộc thiểu số trồng ngô trên rẫy. (The ethnic minority people grow corn on their swidden fields.)
    • Nhà họ có một mảnh rẫy trồng sắn ở trên núi. (Their family has an upland field for growing cassava on the mountain.)

  • Verb:

    • Trong xã hội phong kiến, người đàn ông có thể rẫy vợ. (In feudal society, a man could repudiate his wife.)
    • Con thú khôn ngoan đã rẫy được đàn săn. (The cunning animal managed to elude the hunting pack.)
Advanced Usage
  • The noun "rẫy" is central to terms describing swidden agriculture ().
  • As a verb, "rẫy" is now rare in everyday speech for "repudiate" but may be found in historical or literary contexts.
Variants and Related Words

  • Làm rẫy (v): To practice swidden agriculture; to work on an upland field.

    • Cả gia đình lên núi làm rẫy. (The whole family goes to the mountain to work the swidden.)

  • Nương rẫy (n): A general term for upland fields and swiddens.

    • Cuộc sống nương rẫy vất vả nhưng tự do. (Life dependent on swidden farming is hard but free.)

  • Phát rẫy (v): To clear land for a swidden by cutting down trees and brush.

    • Họ bắt đầu phát rẫy vào mùa khô. (They begin clearing the land for swidden in the dry season.)
Synonyms
  • Noun: Swidden, clearing, upland farm.
  • Verb (repudiate): Discard, abandon, cast aside.
  • Verb (elude): Shake off, evade, lose.
Related Idioms
  • Nóng rẫy: To feel restless, impatient, or physically uncomfortable due to heat or anxiety.
    • Chờ đợi kết quả, lòng anh nóng rẫy. (Waiting for the results, he felt restless with anxiety.)
rẫy

Người nông dân đang trồng sắn trên rẫy của mình.

noun
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