agricultural worker; farm laborer
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
agricultural worker; farm laborer; farmhand
Formal term distinguishing wage laborers from farmers who own land. Often abbreviated as 农工 (nóng gōng).
Nóng农
yè业
gōng工
rén人
zhèng正
zài在
tián田
lǐ里
shōu收
gē割
xiǎo小
mài麦
。
The agricultural workers are harvesting wheat in the fields.
Zhè这
ge个
nóng农
chǎng场
gù雇
yōng佣
le了
wǔ五
shí十
míng名
nóng农
yè业
gōng工
rén人
。
This farm employs fifty agricultural workers.
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Tā他
dāng当
le了
shí十
nián年
de的
nóng农
yè业
gōng工
rén人
，
hòu后
lái来
chéng成
le了
nóng农
chǎng场
jīng经
lǐ理
。
He worked as a farm laborer for ten years before becoming the farm manager.