Classical agricultural texts say one plows in spring and weeds in summer.
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耨 'to hoe / weed' is literary and not used independently in modern speech. It appears in the classical fixed pair 耕 (to plow) plus 耨; modern Chinese uses 锄 (to hoe) and 除草 (to weed) instead.
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Literary and historical only — found in classical agricultural writing and idioms like 深耕易耨, not in everyday language.
