tenant farmer
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
tenant farmer; peasant who rents land
formalA historical and socio-economic term referring to farmers in feudal or pre-modern agricultural societies who cultivated land owned by landlords. Often implies a low social class and economic hardship.
Zài在
jiù旧
shè社
huì会
，
diàn佃
nóng农
yào要
xiàng向
dì地
zhǔ主
jiāo缴
nà纳
dà大
liàng量
dì地
zū租
。
In the old society, tenant farmers had to pay high rent to landlords.
Zhè这
běn本
xiǎo小
shuō说
miáo描
xiě写
le了
shàng上
shì世
jì纪
diàn佃
nóng农
de的
jiān艰
kǔ苦
shēng生
huó活
。
This novel depicts the hard life of tenant farmers in the last century.
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Tǔ土
dì地
gǎi改
gé革
hòu后
，
xǔ许
duō多
diàn佃
nóng农
fēn分
dào到
le了
zì自
jǐ己
de的
tǔ土
dì地
。
After the land reform, many tenant farmers were allocated their own land.