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中耕

Word · Verb

intertillage; cultivation between crop rows

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

verb

to cultivate between crop rows; intertillage (weeding, loosening soil, and hilling up soil between plants during the crop growth period)

technical

Agricultural technical term referring to field management operations performed during the crop growing season to improve soil aeration and control weeds.

Nóng农
mín民
zhèng正
zài在
yù玉
mǐ米
dì地
lǐ里
zhōng中
gēng耕
chú除
cǎo草
 。

The farmers are intertilling and weeding in the cornfield.

Zhōng中
gēng耕
kě可
yǐ以
gǎi改
shàn善
tǔ土
rǎng壤
tōng通
qì气
xìng性
 ,
cù促
jìn进
zuò作
wù物
shēng生
zhǎng长
 。

Intertillage can improve soil aeration and promote crop growth.

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Xiǎo小
mài麦
fǎn返
qīng青
hòu后
yào要
jí及
shí时
jìn进
xíng行
zhōng中
gēng耕
sōng松
tǔ土
 。

After the wheat turns green, it is necessary to carry out intertillage and soil loosening in a timely manner.