tàm tang

Definition

1. Noun:
   • Sericulture: The practice and industry of cultivating mulberry trees for the purpose of raising silkworms to produce raw silk.

Usage Examples

• Noun:
  • Nghề tàm tang đã có từ lâu đời ở Việt Nam. (Sericulture has been a traditional industry in Vietnam for a long time.)
  • Vùng này phát triển nhờ vào tàm tang. (This region developed thanks to sericulture.)

Advanced Usage

• The term "tàm tang" is a classical compound noun, often used in formal, historical, or agricultural contexts to refer to the entire silk production cycle.

Variants and Related Words

• Nghề tằm tang (n): The sericulture profession.

  • Ông bà tôi theo nghề tằm tang. (My grandparents were in the sericulture profession.)

• Trồng dâu nuôi tằm (phr): The literal phrase meaning "to grow mulberries and raise silkworms," which is a direct description of sericulture.

  • Công việc chính của họ là trồng dâu nuôi tằm. (Their main work is growing mulberries and raising silkworms.)

Synonyms

• Sericulture: The cultivation of silkworms for silk production.
• Silk farming: A more general term for the practice.

Related Concepts

• Tơ tằm (n): Silkworm silk.

  • Tơ tằm là sản phẩm chính của nghề tàm tang. (Silkworm silk is the main product of sericulture.)

• Kén tằm (n): Silkworm cocoon.

  • Kén tằm được thu hoạch để lấy tơ. (Silkworm cocoons are harvested to obtain silk.)