Definition

1. Noun:
   • Fields and gardens; cultivated land: A general term referring to agricultural land used for growing crops, particularly in rural or upland areas. It encompasses both wet rice fields ("ruộng") and dry fields or gardens ("nương") on higher ground.
   • Farmland: Land that is tilled and used for agriculture.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Bà con nông dân đang ra đồng chăm sóc ruộng nương. (The farmers are going to the fields to tend to their crops.)
  • Mùa màng bội thu nhờ ruộng nương màu mỡ. (The harvest is abundant thanks to the fertile farmland.)
  • Lũ lụt đã làm hư hại nhiều ruộng nương. (The flood damaged many fields and gardens.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "ruộng nương" is often used in a collective and somewhat poetic sense to represent the entirety of a family's or community's agricultural livelihood and ancestral land.
  • Sau nhiều năm xa quê, anh ấy trở về để gìn giữ mảnh ruộng nương của tổ tiên. (After many years away from home, he returned to preserve the ancestral farmland.)

Variants and Related Words

• Ruộng (n): Specifically refers to a rice paddy or irrigated field.
  • Ruộng lúa (n): Rice paddy.
• Nương (n): Refers to a dry field, swidden field, or garden, often on a hillside or upland area.
  • Nương ngô (n): Cornfield (on a slope).
• Đồng ruộng (n): Fields; countryside fields.

Synonyms

• Farmland: Land used for farming.
• Cultivated land: Land prepared and used for crops.
• Fields: Open land for agriculture or pasture.
• Arable land: Land suitable for growing crops.

Related Idioms and Common Phrases

• Bám ruộng nương: To cling to the land; to rely on farming for a living.
  • Nhiều thế hệ gia đình anh ấy đã bám ruộng nương. (Many generations of his family have clung to the land for their livelihood.)
• Ruộng nương tư liệu sản xuất: A phrase highlighting farmland as a means of production.
  • Ruộng nương là tư liệu sản xuất chính của người nông dân. (Farmland is the primary means of production for farmers.)

noun

1. fields and gardens ; field