Definition

1. Adjective:

   • Well-trained / docile: Describes an animal, especially a draft animal like a buffalo or ox, that is obedient, accustomed to work, and easy to control.
   • Well-cultivated / fertile: Refers to farmland that is thoroughly worked, soft, and ready for planting.

2. Verb (archaic / dialectal):

   • To redeem / to buy back: To reclaim or repurchase something, typically land or property, often by paying a sum of money.

Usage Examples

• Adjective:

  • Con trâu cày đã rất thục. (The plowing buffalo is very well-trained.)
  • Mảnh ruộng này đất rất thục. (This field has very well-cultivated soil.)

• Verb:

  • Gia đình ấy phải đi thục lại mảnh vườn. (That family had to redeem their garden plot.)

Advanced Usage

• "thục địa": A term in traditional medicine referring to a prepared form of the Rehmannia root (Rehmannia glutinosa), often translated as "prepared rehmannia" or "cured rehmannia."
  • Vị thuốc này có chứa thục địa. (This herbal medicine contains prepared rehmannia.)

Variants and Related Words

• Thuần thục (adj): proficient, skilled, adept (often for people or skills).
  • Anh ấy lái xe rất thuần thục. (He drives very proficiently.)

Synonyms

• Adjective: Docile, tractable, tilled, fertile.
• Verb: Redeem, repurchase, reclaim.

Notes on Usage

• The adjectival meanings (well-trained, well-cultivated) are the most common in modern usage.
• The verbal meaning (to redeem) is now considered archaic or dialectal and is rarely used in contemporary standard Vietnamese.
• The word is often found in agricultural contexts or in the fixed term "thục địa" in traditional medicine.