miàn​cháo​huáng​tǔ​bèi​cháo​tiān

face to the earth, back to the sky

Senses

面朝黄土背朝天/ 面朝黃土背朝天 miàn​cháo​huáng​tǔ​bèi​cháo​tiān face to the earth, back to the sky

literally facing the ground and having one's back to the sky; describes the grueling manual labor of peasants working in the fields

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