Definition
施肥 is a separable verb (离合词) meaning 'to apply fertilizer'. In use, 施 and 肥 can separate — you can insert aspect markers (了, 过), measure words, or duration between them, e.g., 施了一次肥 ('applied fertilizer once'). The object being fertilized typically appears before the verb with 给 or after 在: 给庄稼施肥. This verb-object compound (v.o.) requires the splitting rule for counting or aspect marking.
v.o.
to apply fertilizerto fertilize (crops/plants)
Examples
- 施肥。Jīngcháng shī féi néng ràng zhíwù zhǎng de gèng hǎo.Frequent fertilization can make plants grow better.
- 。Zhè kuài tián qùnián zhǐ shī guò yí cì féi.This field was only fertilized once last year.
- 。Wǒ gěi huā shī le yì diǎn féi.I applied a little fertilizer to the flowers.
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