cooperative farming; shared use of livestock and tools
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to farm cooperatively; to pool livestock and farm tools
archaicA historical or traditional agricultural practice in rural China, where smallholder farmers without sufficient resources would collaborate. Now largely obsolete due to mechanization and changes in land ownership.
Jiě解
fàng放
qián前
，
xǔ许
duō多
pín贫
nóng农
tōng通
guò过
chā插
jù犋
lái来
jiě解
jué决
gēng耕
chù畜
bù不
zú足
de的
kùn困
nán难
。
Before liberation, many poor peasants used cooperative farming to overcome the difficulty of insufficient draft animals.
Tā他
men们
liǎng两
jiā家
chā插
jù犋
，
yī一
tóu头
niú牛
hé和
yī一
fù副
lí犁
bà耙
lún轮
liú流
shǐ使
yòng用
。
Their two families farmed cooperatively, sharing one ox and one set of plow and harrow in turns.
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Zhè这
zhǒng种
chā插
jù犋
de的
fāng方
shì式
tí提
gāo高
le了
gēng耕
zuò作
xiào效
lǜ率
。
This method of cooperative farming increased the efficiency of cultivation.