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耕者有其田

Mandarin · pinyin gèng zhě yǒu qí tián

"land to the tiller", post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP

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耕: gēng · plow, cultivate
者: zhě · that which; he who; those who
有: yǒu · have, own, possess; exist
其: qí · his, her, its, their; that
田: tián · field, arable land, cultivated

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4–3–3–2–2 · geng4 zhe3 you3 qi2 tian2

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

gaang1 ze2 jau5 kei4 tin4

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(idiomatic) land to the tiller (policy of distributing land to peasants who have little or no land)
(Taiwan) the Farmland Reform Act of 1953

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