farm laborer; hired farmhand
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
hired farm laborer in feudal/old society
archaicHistorical term referring to peasants with little or no land or production tools, who survived mainly by selling their labor.
Zài在
jiù旧
shè社
huì会
，
xǔ许
duō多
nóng农
mín民
zhǐ只
néng能
dāng当
gù雇
nóng农
。
In the old society, many peasants could only become hired farm laborers.
Tā他
yé爷
ye爷
nián年
qīng轻
shí时
céng曾
gěi给
dì地
zhǔ主
jiā家
zuò做
gù雇
nóng农
。
His grandfather worked as a hired farmhand for a landlord when he was young.
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Zhè这
bù部
xiǎo小
shuō说
miáo描
xiě写
le了
jiù旧
shè社
huì会
gù雇
nóng农
de的
bēi悲
cǎn惨
shēng生
huó活
。
This novel depicts the miserable life of farm laborers in the old society.