Working in the Countryside

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'working the fields under the hot sun'
- 锄禾日当午
- chúhérìdāngwǔ
crops
- 农作物
- nóngzuòwù
to till the land
- 种庄稼
- zhòng zhuāngjia
sore, wound
- 疮
- chuāng
insect
- 昆虫
- kūnchóng
copper cash
- 铜钱
- tóngqián
to herd sheep
- 放羊
- fàngyáng
fertilizer, manure
- 肥料
- féiliào
systematically
- 有规律地
- yǒu guīlǜ de
to broadcast
- 广播
- guǎngbō
to pick
- 摘
- zhāi
ridges of a field
- 田埂
- tiángěng
toad
- 癞蛤蟆
- làiháma
to be unable to earn (money)
- 挣不了
- zhèngbuliǎo
after one year
- 一年下来
- yī nián xiàlai
to be exposed to the elements
- 风吹日晒
- fēngchuīrìshài
prospects
- 出息
- chūxi
to do work
- 干活
- gànhuó
in place of
- 替
- tì
to herd cattle
- 放牛
- fàngniú
food, grain
- 粮食
- liángshi
to fertilize
- 施肥
- shīféi
to remove insect pests
- 除虫
- chúchóng
to remove weeds
- 除草
- chúcǎo
at regular intervals
- 定期
- dìngqī
to transplant rice seedlings
- 插秧
- chāyāng
to plow a field
- 犁地
- lídì
to sow seeds
- 播种
- bōzhòng
expansive
- 开阔
- kāikuò
plains, flatlands
- 平原
- píngyuán
harvester
- 收割机
- shōugējī
[measure word for a piece of land]
- 片
- piàn
field
- 田
- tián
root of a plant
- 根部
- gēnbù
to grasp
- 抓住
- zhuāzhù
sickle
- 镰刀
- liándāo
to pull up
- 拔
- bá
to take advantage of (conditions or an opportunity)
- 趁
- chèn
rice
- 稻子
- dàozi
to cut
- 割
- gē
dark, dusky
- 黑乎乎
- hēihūhū
father's elder brother
- 大伯
- dàbó

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Working in the Countryside

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Mandarin Chinese Vocabulary Related to Farming and Working in the Countryside

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2010-11-23T22:17:22Z

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