农耕

農耕

nónggēng

noun

Meanings

1 farming
2 agriculture
3 tilling the land

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Examples

中国有几千年的农耕文明。

Zhōngguó yǒu jǐ qiān nián de nónggēng wénmíng.

China has several thousand years of agrarian civilization.

他们过着自给自足的农耕生活。

Tāmen guò zhe zìjǐzìzú de nónggēng shēnghuó.

They live a self-sufficient farming life.

Tips

usage

More formal and broader than 种田 (zhòng tián, 'till fields'). Often paired in fixed compounds: 农耕文明 (nónggēng wénmíng, 'agrarian civilization'), 农耕社会 (nónggēng shèhuì, 'agrarian society'), 农耕时代 (nónggēng shídài, 'agricultural era').

Stroke Order

农 nóng

耕 gēng