田野 tiányě field
field; open land
How to remember 田野: 田 field + 野 wild = field.
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How it is used
- Open fields / the open country - 广阔的田野 (guǎngkuò de tiányě) vast fields; 田野调查 (tiányě diàochá) fieldwork.
- Concrete, physical expanse of cultivated or open land; measure word 片 (yí piàn tiányě).
- Where 田园 is romantic/idyllic, 田野 is the literal landscape; also the academic 'field' in 'field research'.