面朝黄土背朝天
miàn​cháo​huáng​tǔ​bèi​cháo​tiān

face to the earth, back to the sky

  • created sense approved 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 — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    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

    面 (literal) → 面 · miàn · to face 朝 (literal) → 朝 · cháo · toward 黄土 (literal) → 黄土/黃土 · huáng​tǔ · loess 背 (literal) → 背 · bèi · back 朝天 (literal) → 朝天 · cháo​tiān · to look upward

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    created sense