threshing floor; grain-drying ground
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Meanings
1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
threshing floor; open ground for threshing or drying grain
dialectRegional dialect term chiefly used in rural southern China (notably the Yangtze River basin and further south) to denote an open-air area, often compacted earth, for processing harvested grain.
Cūn村
mín民
men们
zhèng正
zài在
hé禾
cháng场
shàng上
dǎ打
dào稻
zi子
。
The villagers are threshing rice on the threshing floor.
Qiū秋
tiān天
，
jiā家
jiā家
hù户
hù户
de的
hé禾
chǎng场
shàng上
dōu都
pū铺
mǎn满
le了
jīn金
huáng黄
de的
dào稻
gǔ谷
。
In autumn, every household’s threshing floor is covered with golden rice.
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Hái孩
zi子
men们
xǐ喜
huan欢
zài在
hé禾
cháng场
shàng上
zhuī追
zhú逐
xī嬉
xì戏
。
The children love to chase and play on the threshing floor.
Tā他
bǎ把
shōu收
gē割
hǎo好
de的
mài麦
zi子
yùn运
dào到
le了
hé禾
chǎng场
。
He transported the harvested wheat to the threshing floor.