农场 nóngchǎng farm
How to remember 农场: 农 agriculture + 场 measure word for games and performances = farm.
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How it is used
- 'A farm' - especially a large, organized agricultural operation or ranch: 国营农场 (guóyíng nóngchǎng) a state farm.
- Bigger and more enterprise-like than a peasant's 田地 (fields); think managed acreage. 农民 (farmer) works it.
Example sentences
- 他全家都在农场工作。 Tā quánjiā dōu zài nóngchǎng gōngzuò.All of his family work on a farm.
- 我住在离波士顿不远的一个农场。 Wǒ zhù zài lí bōshìdùn bùyuǎn de yígè nóngchǎng.I live on a farm not too far from Boston.