unregistered farmland; secret/illegal land
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
unregistered farmland; land not listed in official records
formalHistorically refers to agricultural land hidden from tax authorities or not officially recorded. The term carries a connotation of illegality or circumvention of state control.
Zài在
jiù旧
shè社
huì会
，
xǔ许
duō多
dì地
zhǔ主
yōng拥
yǒu有
dà大
liàng量
hēi黑
dì地
yǐ以
táo逃
bì避
fù赋
shuì税
。
In the old society, many landlords owned large amounts of unregistered land to evade taxes.
Zhèng政
fǔ府
qīng清
chá查
tǔ土
dì地
，
fā发
xiàn现
cūn村
lǐ里
cún存
zài在
bù不
shǎo少
hēi黑
dì地
。
The government audited the land and found quite a bit of unregistered farmland in the village.
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Zhè这
xiē些
hēi黑
dì地
wú无
fǎ法
huò获
dé得
hé合
fǎ法
de的
chǎn产
quán权
zhèng证
míng明
。
These unregistered plots cannot obtain legal property certificates.