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7-9

to cultivate land

Character Composition


Characters

Pinyin

kai1ken3 kāikěn

Meaning


Primary

to cultivate land

Alternatives

cultivate land, cultivates land, cultivating land, cultivated land, to cultivate, cultivate, to reclaim land, reclaim land

Mnemonic


開墾 To cultivate land is 墾 to reclaim land and then 開 to open it up for beneficial use, such as growing crops.

Usage


農民 正在 開墾 新 的 土地。

The farmers are cultivating land in a new area.

他們 決定 開墾 一 片 果園。

They decided to cultivate land into an orchard.

村民 共同 努力 開墾 這 片 山坡。

The villagers worked together to cultivate land on the hillside.

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