Definition

1. Verb:
   • To cultivate (plants): The primary meaning refers to the agricultural act of caring for and promoting the growth of plants, such as by adding soil around their base, weeding, and tending to them.
   • To cultivate (abstract qualities): An extended, figurative meaning used for nurturing and fostering intangible things like relationships, feelings, talents, or virtues, helping them to develop and flourish.

Usage Examples

• Verb:
  • Người nông dân cần mẫn vun trồng từng luống rau. (The farmer diligently cultivates each row of vegetables.)
  • Chúng ta phải biết vun trồng tình bạn từ những điều nhỏ nhất. (We must know how to cultivate friendship from the smallest things.)
  • Cô ấy đã dành nhiều năm để vun trồng tài năng âm nhạc cho con. (She spent many years cultivating her child's musical talent.)

Advanced Usage

• The word "vun trồng" inherently combines two actions: "vun" (to mound up soil, to pile up) and "trồng" (to plant). This combination gives a strong sense of active, hands-on, and continuous care, whether applied literally to plants or figuratively to abstract concepts.

Synonyms

• To cultivate: To prepare and use land for crops; to try to acquire or develop a quality or skill.
• To nurture: To care for and encourage the growth or development of.
• To foster: To encourage or promote the development of something.
• To tend: To care for or look after.

Related Idioms and Phrases

• Vun trồng nhân cách: To cultivate one's character.
  • Giáo dục gia đình có vai trò quan trọng trong việc vun trồng nhân cách trẻ. (Family education plays an important role in cultivating a child's character.)
• Vun trồng hạnh phúc: To cultivate happiness.
  • Hạnh phúc gia đình cần được vun trồng mỗi ngày. (Family happiness needs to be cultivated every day.)

verb

1. to cultivate