耕地 gēngdì arable land
arable land; to plow land
How to remember 耕地: 耕 to plow + 地 ground = arable land.
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How it is used
- Two readings of context: as a noun 'arable/cultivated land' - 保护耕地 (bǎohù gēngdì) to protect farmland; as a verb 'to plow the fields' - 用牛耕地 (yòng niú gēngdì) to plow with an ox.
- The noun sense (agricultural land as a resource) dominates in policy and news.
- Agricultural register.