田園

简 田园 · 繁 田園
Mandarin · pinyin tián yuán

Meanings

  1. fields
  2. countryside
  3. rural
  4. bucolic
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田
tián · field, arable land, cultivated
園
yuán · garden; park, orchard
园
yuán · garden; park, orchard
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2–2 · tian2 yuan2

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tin4 jyun4

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noun

  1. the countryside; the country; rural area
  2. (Southern Min) agricultural field; cropland; farmland

adj

  1. (attributive) idyllic; pastoral

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