貧下中農
简 贫下中农 · 繁 貧下中農Meanings
- (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
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2–4–1–2 · pin2 xia4 zhong1 nong2
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pan4 haa6 zung1 nung4
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- the poor and lower-middle peasants
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