牧场 mùchǎng pasture
pasture; grazing land; ranch
How to remember 牧场: 牧 shepherd + 场 measure word for games and performances = pasture.
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How it is used
- A pasture / ranch - grazing land for livestock - 在牧场上放牛 (zài mùchǎng shang fàng niú) to graze cattle on the ranch.
- Names the working land or ranch operation, versus 草原 (cǎoyuán), the natural grassland/prairie.
- Common in rural, farming, and New Zealand/Inner Mongolia travel contexts.