田园 tiányuán fields
fields; countryside; rural; bucolic
How to remember 田园: 田 field + 园 garden = fields.
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How it is used
- Idyllic countryside / pastoral life - 田园风光 (tiányuán fēngguāng) rural scenery; 田园生活 (a bucolic life).
- Carries a romantic, tranquil connotation of an idealized rural retreat, not just farmland.
- Literary and aesthetic; 田园诗 (tiányuánshī) = pastoral poetry. Contrast plain 农村 (nóngcūn, the countryside as a place).