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    Expressing 'farmer' with 农民 (nóngmín)

    Topic & Focus

    Explanation

    农民 (nóngmín) means 'farmer' or 'peasant.' It combines 农 (agriculture) with 民 (people). It refers to people who work in agriculture and is one of the most common occupational terms in Chinese.

    Examples

    • 这个村子里大多数人都是农民。

      Zhège cūnzi lǐ dàduōshù rén dōu shì nóngmín.

      Most people in this village are farmers.

    • 农民们一大早就去田里干活了。

      Nóngmínmen yī dà zǎo jiù qù tián lǐ gànhuó le.

      The farmers went to the fields to work early in the morning.

    • 爷爷当了一辈子的农民，对种地很有经验。

      Yéye dāng le yībèizi de nóngmín, duì zhòngdì hěn yǒu jīngyàn.

      Grandpa has been a farmer his whole life and is very experienced at farming.

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