亩 (畝)
mǔ
Pinyin
Definition
亩 (畝)
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- classifier for fields
- unit of area equal to one fifteenth of a hectare
Character Decomposition
Sample Sentences
看看你那小样,就知道钱!还能有多少啊,家里也就那几亩地了。卖光了就没了。我们还好,以后也不回农村去了。那村里的农民怎么办?
Look at you, all you care about is money! How much do we have left? The family's only got a few acres. After they're all sold, that's it. We're okay, but afterward we won't be going back to the village either. What are the farmers supposed to do?
想得美!你是不是去过几次“农家乐”,就以为全国农民都很悠闲自在?典型的农民守着一亩三分地,面朝黄土背朝天,你吹空调吃冰激凌的时候,他们还在烈日下除草施肥呢!
That's wishful thinking! Is it because you've been on a few "Happy Peasant Household" tours that you think all peasant life is so carefree and relaxing? The typical peasant is resigned to his plot of land and toils over it with his back to the sky. While you're eating ice cream with the air conditioning on, they're weeding and spreading fertilizer under the hot sun!
只种几亩地恐怕不够养家糊口发家致富吧?要不然哪来的那么多农民工?青壮年都出去打工,把老婆孩子放在老家留守,谁愿意啊?
Don't you think people worry that they won't be able to feed their families or save money just by cultivating a few mu of land? Otherwise, why would there be so many migrant workers? They go out to work in the prime of their youths and leave their wife and children at home to take care of things. Who would choose that?
花木兰机智过人,屡建奇功,朕封你为尚书郎,赐良田千亩,黄金万两!
Hua Mulan has proven exceedingly quick-witted and has been successful time and time again. I appoint you to the office of high official and grant you 1000 mu of fertile farmland and 500 kilograms of gold.