农家 (nóng jiā) — farming household; peasant family; (in compounds) farmhouse-style; rustic (e.g. 农家乐, 农家菜)
Definition
Literally 'farming household' — a rural family that does farm work, or, in compounds like 农家乐, the rustic/farmhouse style. Note the political nuance: 农家 is neutral, but 农民 is the more common term for 'farmer/peasant' in modern usage.
noun
farming householdpeasant family(in compounds) farmhouse-stylerustic (e.g. 农家乐, 农家菜)
Measure word · 户
Examples
- 农家。Zhè jiā nóng jiā fàn diàn de cài dōu shì yòng zì jǐ zhǒng de shū cài zuò de.The dishes at this farmhouse restaurant are all made with vegetables they grow themselves.
- 农家，。Zhōu mò qù nóng jiā lè zhù le yì wǎn, tǐ yàn le zhēn zhèng de xiāng cūn shēng huó.I spent a night at a farm-stay last weekend and experienced real rural life.
- 农家，。Tā lái zì yí gè pǔ tōng de nóng jiā, cóng xiǎo jiù huì gān nóng huó.He comes from an ordinary farming family and has known how to do farm work since childhood.
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