tổ đổi công
Definition
- Noun:
- Mutual aid labor group: A group formed by individual farmers who unite to mutually assist each other with agricultural work, exchanging labor without monetary payment.
- Labor exchange cooperative: A small-scale, informal cooperative structure in agriculture where members pool and exchange their labor for collective benefit.
Usage Examples
- Noun:
- Các nông dân trong làng lập một tổ đổi công để thu hoạch lúa. (The farmers in the village formed a mutual aid labor group to harvest rice.)
- Tổ đổi công giúp những hộ gia đình nhỏ hoàn thành công việc đồng áng nhanh hơn. (The labor exchange cooperative helps small households complete farm work faster.)
Advanced Usage
- Historically, "tổ đổi công" was a common form of organization in Vietnamese agricultural society, especially before widespread mechanization. It represents a community-based economic practice.
Variants and Related Words
- Hợp tác xã (n): Agricultural cooperative. A more formal and broader type of cooperative structure.
- Hợp tác xã nông nghiệp quy mô lớn hơn tổ đổi công. (An agricultural cooperative is larger in scale than a labor exchange group.)
Synonyms
- Labor exchange group
- Mutual aid team
- Agricultural work-sharing collective
Related Concepts
- Đổi công (v): To exchange labor.
- Họ thường xuyên đổi công vào mùa vụ. (They often exchange labor during the crop season.)