biāo

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Character · VerbTraditional𦔩

to weed

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

verb

to weed; to remove weeds

archaic

This is a classical Chinese word found in ancient texts; it is almost never used in modern spoken or written Chinese. It specifically refers to the agricultural act of weeding.

Gǔ古
shí时
nóng农
fū夫
yú于
chūn春
rì日
biāo𦔩
tián田
 。

In ancient times, farmers weeded their fields in spring.

Diǎn典
jí籍
yǒu有
zǎi载
 ，
jiào教
mín民
biāo𦔩
nòu耨
 。

Classical texts record teaching the people to weed and hoe.