分地

fēndì

verb

Meanings

1 to distribute land
2 to allocate farmland (especially during land reform)

Characters

to divide / distribute

Examples

土改时期农民分地分得很积极。

Tǔgǎi shíqī nóngmín fēndì fēn de hěn jījí.

During land reform peasants distributed land enthusiastically.

村委会决定按人口分地。

Cūnwěihuì juédìng àn rénkǒu fēndì.

The village committee decided to allocate land per capita.

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history

Strongly associated with the early-1950s 土地改革 (tǔdì gǎigé, Land Reform) campaigns that redistributed landlord property to peasants. The slogan 打土豪、分田地 ('Beat the local tyrants, divide the fields') comes from this era.

Stroke Order

分 fēn

地 dì