tián

佃

Character · Verb

till farmland; hunt

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Meanings

2 senses · 2 examples
1.

verb

to till farmland; cultivate fields

literary

Used in classical or formal written Chinese, now rarely used in modern daily speech.

Gǔ古
zhī之
nóng农
rén人
tián佃
yú于
yě野
 ，
rì日
chū出
ér而
zuò作
rì日
rù入
ér而
xī息
 。

Ancient farmers tilled the fields, working at sunrise and resting at sunset.

2.

verb

to hunt; same as 畋

archaic

Ancient literary term for hunting, now obsolete in modern usage.

Chūn春
sōu蒐
xià夏
miáo苗
qiū秋
xiǎn狝
dōng冬
shòu狩
 ，
jiē皆
yīn因
nóng农
xì隙
yǐ以
tián佃
 。

Spring hunting, summer hunting, autumn hunting and winter hunting were all done during the off-season for farming.