reclaim land and cultivate; open up wasteland for farming
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesverb
to reclaim land for cultivation; to open up and plant on wasteland
formalA specialized agricultural term, often used in formal contexts like land development or historical descriptions. It combines the actions of clearing/developing land (开垦) and sowing crops (种植).
Nà那
lǐ里
yǒu有
dà大
piàn片
kě可
yǐ以
kěn恳
zhǒng种
de的
shā沙
huāng荒
dì地
。
There is a large area of sandy wasteland there that can be reclaimed for cultivation.
Zhèng政
fǔ府
gǔ鼓
lì励
nóng农
mín民
kěn恳
zhǒng种
shān山
qū区
xián闲
zhì置
de的
tǔ土
dì地
。
The government encourages farmers to reclaim and cultivate idle land in the mountainous areas.
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Jīng经
guò过
jǐ几
dài代
rén人
de的
nǔ努
lì力
，
zhè这
piàn片
huāng荒
dì地
zhōng终
yú于
bèi被
kěn恳
zhǒng种
chéng成
le了
liáng良
tián田
。
After generations of effort, this wasteland was finally reclaimed and cultivated into fertile farmland.