gōng​gēng

to farm in person

  • created sense approved 躬耕 · gōng​gēng · to farm in person — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    躬耕

    gōng​gēng

    to farm in person

    (literary) to plow or farm with one's own hands, often associated with a scholar-official living in retirement or seclusion

    躬 (literal) → 躬 · gōng · personally 耕 (literal) → 耕 · gēng · to plow

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    created sense

  • created sense approved 躬耕 · gōng​gēng · to perform ritual plowing — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    躬耕

    gōng​gēng

    to perform ritual plowing

    (of an emperor) to personally plow a field in a ceremony to encourage farming and set an example for the people

    躬 (literal) → 躬 · gōng · personally 耕 (literal) → 耕 · gēng · to plow

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense