翻地 (fān de) — to turn over soil, to plow (land for planting)

Definition

Examples

• 春天到了，农民开始翻地播种。
  Chūn tiān dào le, nóng mín kāi shǐ fān de bō zhòng.
  Spring has arrived; the farmers start turning the soil and sowing seeds.
• 我翻了一下午的地，累坏了。
  Wǒ fān le yí xià wǔ de dì, lèi huài le.
  I turned the soil all afternoon and was exhausted.
• 种菜之前必须先翻地。
  Zhòng cài zhī qián bì xū xiān fān de.
  Before planting vegetables, you must first turn the soil.