佃作 diànzuò to farm as a tenant Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents diànzuò to farm as a tenant 佃 diàn to rent farmland (bound form) to rent and cultivate land from a landlord作 zuò verb to do to do; to make; to engage in an activity; often interchangeable with 做 zuò in set phrasesdiànzuò to engage in agriculture 佃 tián to cultivate (literary) to till or plow land; to farm作 zuò verb to do to do; to make; to engage in an activity; often interchangeable with 做 zuò in set phrases