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miệt vườnnoun
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An area of Southern Vietnam known for fruit orchards, especially the river and canal communities of the Mekong Delta.

Vùng có nhiều vườn cây ăn trái ở Nam Bộ, đặc biệt gắn với các cộng đồng ven sông, kênh rạch ở Đồng bằng sông Cửu Long.

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miệt vườn
Northern:miệt vườn
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Ghe thương hồ chở đầy cây trái miệt vườn xuôi dòng sông Hậu.
A trader's boat loaded with orchard-grown fruit heads down the Hậu River.
Cuối tuần, cả nhà về miệt vườn thăm cậu Út rồi hái chôm chôm.
At the weekend, the whole family went to the orchard country to visit our youngest uncle and pick rambutan.
Ngoại tôi là dân miệt vườn, quanh nhà trồng đủ thứ cây trái.
My maternal grandmother is from the orchard country, and all kinds of fruit trees grow around her home.
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