ruộng muối
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Definition
- Noun:
- Salt pan / salt field: A shallow, man-made plot of land, typically divided into compartments, located near the sea. Its primary purpose is to evaporate seawater to produce salt.
- Salt marsh (in some contexts): Refers to the coastal area or system used for salt production. This term can overlap with the ecological term for a coastal wetland, but its primary meaning in Vietnamese is specifically for salt harvesting.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Những ruộng muối trắng xóa trải dài dọc bờ biển. (The gleaming white salt pans stretch along the coastline.)
- Người dân vùng này sống chủ yếu bằng nghề làm ruộng muối. (The people in this region live mainly by working in the salt fields.)
- Nước biển được dẫn vào các ô ruộng muối để bắt đầu quá trình bay hơi. (Seawater is channeled into the compartments of the salt pan to begin the evaporation process.)
Advanced Usage
- The term "ruộng muối" specifically denotes an agricultural/industrial production area. It is different from a natural "đầm lầy muối" (salt marsh), which is an ecosystem, though they can occupy similar coastal zones.
Variants and Related Words
- Làm muối (v): To produce salt, to work in salt production.
- Nghề làm muối rất vất vả, phụ thuộc vào nắng và gió. (Salt production is a very hard job, dependent on sun and wind.)
- Diêm dân (n): Salt farmer.
- Các diêm dân thức dậy từ rất sớm để ra ruộng muối. (The salt farmers wake up very early to go to the salt fields.)
Synonyms
- Salt pan: A man-made facility for obtaining salt by evaporation.
- Salt field: An area of land used for salt production.
- Saltern: Another term for a salt production works.
Related Idioms and Phrases
- Trắng như ruộng muối: As white as a salt field. Used to describe something very white, often covering a large area.
- Cánh đồng sau trận tuyết rơi trắng như ruộng muối. (The field after the snowfall was as white as a salt pan.)