slack farming season; agricultural off-season
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1 sense · 4 examplesnoun
slack season in farming; off-season when farm work is scarce
Commonly used in rural development contexts to describe the winter period when farmers have spare time for other activities like construction or migrant work.
Nóng农
mín民
men们
lì利
yòng用
nóng农
xián闲
shí时
jiān间
wài外
chū出
dǎ打
gōng工
。
Farmers use the slack season to work outside their hometowns.
Xiàn现
zài在
shì是
nóng农
xián闲
jì季
jié节
，
tián田
lǐ里
méi没
shén什
me么
huó活
。
It is the agricultural off-season now, and there is little work in the fields.
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Zhèng政
fǔ府
gǔ鼓
lì励
zài在
nóng农
xián闲
shí时
qī期
xīng兴
xiū修
shuǐ水
lì利
。
The government encourages building water conservancy facilities during the farming slack season.
Nóng农
xián闲
de的
shí时
hou候
，
cūn村
lǐ里
huì会
zǔ组
zhī织
wén文
huà化
huó活
dòng动
。
During the off-season, the village organizes cultural activities.