ruộng lúa
Definition
- Noun:
- Rice paddy / Rice field: A flooded parcel of arable land used for cultivating rice. This is the primary and most common meaning, referring specifically to the agricultural field where rice plants are grown.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Những thửa ruộng lúa bạt ngàn trải dài đến tận chân trời. (The vast rice paddies stretch all the way to the horizon.)
- Nông dân đang cấy lúa trên ruộng lúa. (The farmers are transplanting rice seedlings in the rice paddy.)
- Ruộng lúa sau khi thu hoạch thường được để khô. (The rice field is often left to dry after harvest.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "ruộng lúa" is a specific compound noun. In Vietnamese agricultural context, "ruộng" (field) can be combined with other crops (e.g., for cornfield), but "ruộng lúa" is the most fundamental and culturally significant combination, central to wet-rice civilization.
Variants and Related Words
Ruộng bậc thang (n): Terraced rice field.
- Ruộng bậc thang ở Sa Pa là một cảnh quan nổi tiếng. (The terraced rice fields in Sa Pa are a famous landscape.)
Ruộng nước (n): Wet field; a more general term for a flooded field, often synonymous with ruộng lúa.
- Phương pháp canh tác ruộng nước rất phổ biến. (Wet-field cultivation methods are very common.)
Cánh đồng lúa (n): Rice field; often implies a larger, more expansive area of rice cultivation.
- Cánh đồng lúa chín vàng rực rỡ. (The ripe rice field is brilliantly golden.)
Synonyms
- Rice paddy: The standard English term for a flooded field where rice is grown.
- Rice field: A more general term for a field of growing rice.
Related Idioms and Cultural Concepts
Bán mặt cho đất, bán lưng cho trời: (To sell one's face to the earth, one's back to the sky) – An idiom describing the hard labor of farmers working in rice fields.
- Cuộc sống của người nông dân gắn liền với ruộng lúa, đúng là "bán mặt cho đất, bán lưng cho trời". (The life of a farmer is tied to the rice paddy, truly "toiling under the sun and sky.")
Đồng lúa, nương khoai: (Rice fields, potato hills) – A phrase representing the entirety of agricultural land and staple crops.
- Quê hương anh ấy có đồng lúa, nương khoai xanh tươi. (His homeland has lush rice fields and potato hills.)