插秧 (chā yāng) — to transplant rice seedlings (in paddy farming)
Definition
插秧 means transplanting young rice seedlings into a flooded paddy — a specific step in rice farming, not planting seeds. The verb is separable: 插秧 → 插…秧 (e.g. 插一亩秧).
verb
to transplant rice seedlings (in paddy farming)
Examples
- 插秧。Měi nián chūn tiān nóng mín dōu yào chā yāng.Every spring, farmers need to transplant rice seedlings.
- 秧。Tā men jīn tiān yǐ jīng chā le yì mǔ yāng.They have already transplanted seedlings on one mu of land today.
- 秧。Chā wán yāng zhī hòu hái yào jiāo shuǐ shī féi.After transplanting the seedlings, you still need to water and fertilize.
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