Definition

1. Noun:
   • Old-growth forest, virgin forest: A forest characterized by very old trees, high biodiversity, and minimal signs of human disturbance. It is a mature, ecologically stable forest.
   • Dense, ancient forest: A forest with many large, tall trees that have grown for a very long time, often implying thickness, age, and a primeval quality.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Chúng tôi đi sâu vào khu rừng già. (We went deep into the old-growth forest.)
  • Rừng già là nơi sinh sống của nhiều loài động vật quý hiếm. (The virgin forest is home to many rare animal species.)
  • Những cây cổ thụ trong rừng già cao vút. (The ancient trees in the primeval forest are towering.)

Advanced Usage

• "rừng già nguyên sinh": primary/primeval old-growth forest. This emphasizes the forest's pristine, untouched state.

  • Khu bảo tồn này bảo vệ một cánh rừng già nguyên sinh. (This reserve protects a tract of primary old-growth forest.)

• "sâu thẳm rừng già": deep in the ancient forest. A poetic or descriptive phrase emphasizing depth and mystery.

  • Truyền thuyết kể về một tộc người sống sâu thẳm rừng già. (Legends tell of a tribe living deep in the ancient forest.)

Variants and Related Words

• Rừng (n): Forest. The general term.
• Rừng rậm (n): Dense/jungle forest. Emphasizes thickness and impenetrability.
• Rừng nguyên sinh (n): Primary/primeval forest. Emphasizes being untouched and in its original state.
• Rừng thứ sinh (n): Secondary forest. A forest that has regrown after a major disturbance.

Synonyms

• Old-growth forest: (Technical/ecological term) Rừng tăng trưởng già.
• Virgin forest: Rừng nguyên sinh/virgin.
• Primeval forest: Rừng nguyên thủy/primeval.
• Ancient woodland: Khu rừng cổ đại.

Related Phrases

• Khám phá rừng già: To explore the old-growth forest.

  • Nhà thám hiểm mất nhiều ngày để khám phá khu rừng già. (The explorer spent many days exploring the old-growth forest.)

• Bảo vệ rừng già: To protect/preserve the virgin forest.

  • Bảo vệ rừng già là nhiệm vụ cấp thiết. (Protecting the virgin forest is an urgent task.)

Related Idioms

• (Sâu) như ma trong rừng già: (Deep/Mysterious) like a ghost in the ancient forest. Used to describe something very mysterious, secretive, or hard to find.
  • Hắn ta biến mất sâu như ma trong rừng già. (He disappeared as mysteriously as a ghost in the ancient forest.)

1. Forest of high trees