耕者有其田

Chinese

		to plough; to till	‑ist, ‑er (person); person (who does sth)	to have; there is; there are to have; there is; there are; to exist; to be	his; her; its his; her; its; theirs; that; such; it (refers to sth preceding it)	field; farm
trad. (耕者有其田)		耕	者	有	其	田
simp. #(耕者有其田)		耕	者	有	其	田

Pronunciation

• Mandarin

  (Pinyin): gēngzhěyǒuqítián

  (Zhuyin): ㄍㄥ ㄓㄜˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ

• Cantonese (Jyutping): gaang¹ ze² jau⁵ kei⁴ tin⁴

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• Mandarin
  • (Standard Chinese)⁺
    • Hanyu Pinyin: gēngzhěyǒuqítián [Phonetic: gēngzhéyǒuqítián]
    • Zhuyin: ㄍㄥ ㄓㄜˇ ㄧㄡˇ ㄑㄧˊ ㄊㄧㄢˊ
    • Tongyong Pinyin: gengjhěyǒucítián
    • Wade–Giles: kêng¹-chê³-yu³-chʻi²-tʻien²
    • Yale: gēng-jě-yǒu-chí-tyán
    • Gwoyeu Romatzyh: gengjeeyeouchyityan
    • Palladius: гэнчжэюцитянь (gɛnčžɛjucitjanʹ)
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kɤŋ⁵⁵ ʈ͡ʂɤ²¹⁴⁻³⁵ joʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ t͡ɕʰi³⁵ tʰi̯ɛn³⁵/
• Cantonese
  • (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
    • Jyutping: gaang¹ ze² jau⁵ kei⁴ tin⁴
    • Yale: gāang jé yáuh kèih tìhn
    • Cantonese Pinyin: gaang¹ dze² jau⁵ kei⁴ tin⁴
    • Guangdong Romanization: gang¹ zé² yeo⁵ kéi⁴ tin⁴
    • Sinological IPA ^(key): /kaːŋ⁵⁵ t͡sɛː³⁵ jɐu̯¹³ kʰei̯²¹ tʰiːn²¹/

Idiom

耕者有其田

1. land to the tiller (policy of distributing land to peasants who have little or no land)

   • 這個共和國將採取某種必要的方法，沒收地主的土地，分配給無地和少地的農民，實行中山先生「耕者有其田」的口號。 [MSC, trad.]
     这个共和国将采取某种必要的方法，没收地主的土地，分配给无地和少地的农民，实行中山先生「耕者有其田」的口号。 [MSC, simp.]

     From: 1940, 毛澤東 (Mao Zedong), 《新民主主義論》 (On New Democracy), 《毛澤東選集》. English translation based on the Foreign Languages Press edition

     Zhège gònghéguó jiāng cǎiqǔ mǒuzhǒng bìyào de fāngfǎ, mòshōu dìzhǔ de tǔdì, fēnpèi gěi wú dì hé shǎo dì de nóngmín, shíxíng Zhōngshān xiānshēng “gēngzhěyǒuqítián” de kǒuhào. [Pinyin]

     The republic will take certain necessary steps to confiscate the land of the landlords and distribute it to those peasants having little or no land, carry out Dr. Sun Yat-sen's slogan of "land to the tiller".

2. (Taiwan) the Farmland Reform Act of 1953