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  • 1

    v.datedhave garrison troops or peasants open up wasteland and grow food grain (a policy adpoted by feudal governments since the Han Dynasty)

    • guó jiā lì yòng tún tián huò dé shuì liáng hé jūn xiǎng

      国家利用屯田获得税粮军饷

      The state used the land to obtain taxes and wages.

  • 2

    n.the wasteland opened to the garisson troops to grow food

    • hàn dài de hěn duō tǔ di dōu shǔ yú tún tián

      汉代很多土地属于屯田

      Much of the land in the Han dynasty was devoted to the wasteland opened to grow food.