退耕還林
tuì​gēng​huán​lín

to return farmland to forest

  • created reference approved 退耕还林/退耕還林 → 退耕造林 (variant) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    退耕还林 / 退耕還林 tuì​gēng​huán​lín

    退耕造林 tuì​gēng​zào​lín

    variant

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 退耕还林/退耕還林 · tuì​gēng​huán​lín · to return farmland to forest — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    退耕还林 / 退耕還林

    tuì​gēng​huán​lín

    to return farmland to forest

    (fixed expression) to restore agricultural land to forestry or forest cover, specifically to prevent soil erosion and improve the environment

    退耕 (literal) → 退耕 · tuì​gēng · to stop farming land 还 (literal) → 还/還 · huán · to go back 林 (literal) → 林 · lín · forest

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

    created sense