to till; to cultivate

to farm; to cultivate the land; to work in the fields

arable land; to plow land

to leave farmland to lie fallow

farming; agriculture

winter plowing

to bring under cultivation (scrubland, marshland etc)

to make preparations for plowing and sowing

to plow a field in the spring

to scratch; shallow plowing

deep plowing; thorough penetration; thorough development (of a market segment etc)

to live by writing

autumn plowing

to make a living by writing; to write (as an author)

to plow; to turn the soil

agricultural slave; serf

plow

to cultivate soil; to till fields

draft animal

plowing and weeding; farm work; fig. to work or study diligently

to be both a farmer and a scholar; to work the land and also undertake academic studies

to stop plowing; to give up a life in the fields

arable land

hydroponics

owner peasant; land-holding peasant

slash and burn (agriculture)

semi-tenant peasant; semi-owner peasant

deep plowing and careful cultivation

intensive farming

to devote oneself tirelessly to one's work; to labor diligently over many years

restoring agricultural land to forest

"land to the tiller", post-Liberation land reform movement instigated by the CCP

(saying) you reap what you sow