Definition
佃 is a bound form (b.f.) meaning 'to rent land from a landlord' or 'tenant farming'. It appears in compounds such as 佃户 (tenant farmer), 佃租 (land rent), and 佃农 (tenant peasant), and is associated with traditional Chinese land tenure systems, now mostly historical or literary.
b.f.
(bound form) to rent land (as a tenant)tenant farming
Examples
- 佃。Jiù shèhuì de diàn hù shēnghuó hěn jiānkǔ.Tenant farmers in old society had a hard life.
- 。Tā jiā lǐ zǔzǔbèibèi dōu shì diàn nóng.His family has been tenant farmers for generations.
- 佃。Dìzhǔ shōuqǔ gāo'é de diàn zū.The landlord collected high land rent.
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