耕种 (gēngzhòng): to farm

Meanings

Nóngmínmen zài tián lǐ gēngzhòng.

The farmers are tilling the fields.

Tāmen zǔzǔbèibèi kào gēngzhòng wéishēng.

They have made their living by farming for generations.

memory

耕 (gēng) means to plow and 种 (zhòng) means to plant seeds — two core farming activities combined.

耕 gēng

种 zhǒng