农事 (nóng shì) — farm work, farming activities

Definition

noun
farm workfarming activities

Examples

  • 农事。
    Chūn tiān shì nóng shì zuì máng de jì jié.
    Spring is the busiest season for farm work.
  • 农事。
    Tā cóng xiǎo gēn zhe fù mǔ xué xí gè zhǒng nóng shì.
    He learned all kinds of farming from his parents as a child.
  • 农事。
    Xiàn dài kē jì ràng nóng shì biàn de gāo xiào duō le.
    Modern technology has made farm work much more efficient.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

农nóngfarming
事shìaffairs

农 means farming and 事 means affairs, together giving farm work.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 農; 农 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 農 comes from 林 (vegetation) and 辰 (a hoe), showing a hoe among vegetation to remove weeds; the simplified 农 is a later abbreviation.

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Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

In 事, 又 is a hand and 中 is a flagpole with a drum; holding a flag in hand depicts performing a job.

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