vào vụ
Definition
- Verb phrase:
- To enter the season / to begin the season: Refers to the specific time when a crop, typically agricultural, starts its main period of growth, cultivation, or harvest. It marks the commencement of the active phase for that particular plant or product.
- To be in season: Describes the period when a specific fruit, vegetable, or crop is abundantly available for harvesting and consumption.
Usage Examples
- Verb phrase:
- Các cánh đồng lúa đang vào vụ. (The rice fields are entering the growing season.)
- Cam sắp vào vụ, giá sẽ rẻ hơn. (Oranges are about to be in season; the price will be cheaper.)
- Nông dân bận rộn khi cà phê vào vụ thu hoạch. (Farmers are busy when coffee enters the harvest season.)
Advanced Usage
- The phrase is almost exclusively used in an agricultural or horticultural context. It can be applied metaphorically in business to describe the start of a peak period for a product or service, though this is less common.
- Công ty du lịch vào vụ hè. (The tourism company is entering the summer season [peak period].)
Variants and Related Words
Đến vụ (verb phrase): to come to the season. Similar in meaning, emphasizing the arrival of the season.
- Xoài đã đến vụ rồi. (Mangoes have come into season.)
Trái vụ (adjective/adverb): out of season. The opposite state.
- Dâu tây trái vụ thường đắt. (Out-of-season strawberries are usually expensive.)
Synonyms
- To begin the season: To start the cultivation/harvest period.
- To be in season: To be at the time of peak production and availability.
Related Idioms
- Vào vụ mới biết vụ: An idiom meaning "You only understand the true nature of the season/crop once you are in it." It conveys that real experience is necessary to fully comprehend a situation.
- Làm nông nghiệp, vào vụ mới biết vụ. (In agriculture, you only understand the season once you're in it.)