农牧 (nóng mù) — agriculture and animal husbandry; farming and livestock raising

Definition

noun
agriculture and animal husbandryfarming and livestock raising

Examples

  • 农牧。
    Zhè ge dì qū de nóng mù yè fā zhǎn dé hěn hǎo.
    The farming and livestock industry in this region has developed very well.
  • 农牧。
    Zhèng fǔ chū tái le hěn duō zhèng cè zhī chí nóng mù.
    The government has introduced many policies to support agriculture and animal husbandry.
  • 农牧。
    nóng mù Shì dāng dì jīng jì de zhòng yào zhī zhù.
    Agriculture and animal husbandry are important pillars of the local economy.

Origin

Compound word
构词法gòucífǎ
联合liánhéSide by side

Two parts of equal weight, alike or opposite in meaning, standing side by side.

农nóngfarming
牧mùherding

「农」 names farming and 「牧」 names herding, so it covers agriculture and animal husbandry.

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.

Open 农 →

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

牧 puts 牛 (cow) beside 攴 (a whip), showing someone herding cattle.

Open 牧 →

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