tenant farmer; tenant peasant
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
tenant farmer; peasant tenant
archaicA historical term referring to farmers who rented land from landlords in pre-revolutionary China. The relationship often involved paying rent in the form of a share of the harvest.
Jiě解
fàng放
qián前
，
tā他
de的
zǔ祖
fù父
shì是
Wáng王
dì地
zhǔ主
de的
diàn佃
hù户
。
Before liberation, his grandfather was a tenant farmer of Landlord Wang.
Hěn很
duō多
diàn佃
hù户
xīn辛
kǔ苦
láo劳
zuò作
yī一
nián年
，
suǒ所
dé得
liáng粮
shi食
dà大
bù部
fèn分
jiāo交
le了
dì地
zū租
。
Many tenant farmers worked hard all year, but most of the grain they harvested was paid as land rent.
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Zhè这
bù部
xiǎo小
shuō说
miáo描
xiě写
le了
diàn佃
hù户
yǔ与
dì地
zhǔ主
zhī之
jiān间
de的
máo矛
dùn盾
。
This novel depicts the conflicts between tenant farmers and landlords.