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农民

nóng mín · nong min

Traditional 農民

HSK 3Old HSK 5

Meaning

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  1. peasant; farmer
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Fresh vegetables

  1. Liangliang

    这些(zhèxiē)菜(cài)很(hěn)新鲜(xīnxiān)，是(shì)农民(nóngmín)自己(zìjǐ)种(zhǒng)的(de)。

    These vegetables are fresh. A farmer grew them himself.

  2. Dengdeng

    你(nǐ)怎么(zěnme)知道(zhīdào)卖菜(màicài)的(de)人(rén)是(shì)农民(nóngmín)？

    How do you know the seller is a farmer?

  3. Liangliang

    他(tā)告诉(gàosu)我(wǒ)了(le)。他(tā)每天(měitiān)五点(wǔdiǎn)就(jiù)起床(qǐchuáng)。

    He told me. He gets up at five every day.

  4. Dengdeng

    农民(nóngmín)起床(qǐchuáng)这么(zhème)早(zǎo)！

    Farmers get up so early!

  5. Liangliang

    因为(yīnwèi)菜(cài)要(yào)早上(zǎoshang)摘(zhāi)。

    Because vegetables have to be picked in the morning.

  6. Dengdeng

    那(nà)我(wǒ)买(mǎi)十斤(shíjīn)，让(ràng)这位(zhèwèi)农民(nóngmín)早点(zǎodiǎn)回家(huíjiā)！

    Then I'll buy ten jin, so this farmer can go home early!

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In a sentence

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01

发(fā)生(shēng)旱(hàn)灾(zāi)的(de)时(shí)候(hou)，农(nóng)民(mín)很(hěn)难(nán)维(wéi)持(chí)生(shēng)计(jì)。

During droughts, farmers are barely able to eke out a living.

Tatoeba: Chinese by nickyeow · English by darinmex · CC BY 2.0 FR. Simplified Chinese conversion; Pinyin added or corrected.

02

那(nà)位(wèi)农(nóng)民(mín)每(měi)天(tiān)清(qīng)晨(chén)都(dōu)去(qù)田(tián)里(lǐ)干(gàn)活(huó)。

That farmer goes to work in the fields every early morning.

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农
nóng

(bound form) agriculture

民
mín

(bound form) the people; inhabitants of a country

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