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牧民

mù mín

HSK 7–9

Meaning

  • herdsman

Definition

以放牧牲畜为生的人。

A person who herds livestock for a living.

Usage

指从事畜牧业的人，通常用于描述在草原、牧区放牧牛羊等牲畜的人，也可泛指游牧民族。

Refers to a person engaged in animal husbandry, typically used for those who herd cattle, sheep, etc. on grasslands or pastoral areas, and can also refer to nomadic peoples in general.

Examples

  • 1 牧民们在草原上放牧。 (The herdsmen are grazing on the grassland.)
  • 2 他是这里的牧民。 (He is a herdsman here.)
  • 3 牧民的生活虽然辛苦，但很自由。 (The life of a herdsman is hard but free.)
  • 4 牧民们开始转场了。 (The herdsmen have started moving to new pastures.)
  • 5 牧民们保护着草原的生态平衡。 (The herdsmen protect the ecological balance of the grassland.)

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