farmer; peasant
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
farmer; peasant; one who grows crops
informalColloquial term commonly used in spoken Chinese to refer to farmers. It has a rustic, down-to-earth connotation.
Tā他
shì是
yī一
gè个
dì地
dì地
dào道
dào道
de的
zhuāng庄
jia稼
rén人
，
yī一
bèi辈
zi子
méi没
lí离
kāi开
guo过
tǔ土
dì地
。
He is a true, down-to-earth farmer who has never left the land his whole life.
Zhuāng庄
jia稼
rén人
kào靠
tiān天
chī吃
fàn饭
，
jīn今
nián年
yǔ雨
shuǐ水
hǎo好
，
shōu收
chéng成
kěn肯
dìng定
bù不
cuò错
。
Farmers depend on the weather for their livelihood; with good rainfall this year, the harvest will definitely be good.
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Bié别
kàn看
tā他
shì是
gè个
zhuāng庄
jia稼
rén人
，
xīn心
lǐ里
kě可
míng明
bai白
zhe着
ne呢
。
Don't think that just because he's a farmer, he doesn't understand things—he's actually very perceptive.