贫下中农

Traditional form:

貧下中農

Pinyin (reading):

pínxiàzhōngnóng

Definitions:

• (category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)

Characters:

• 贫 - poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 农 - agriculture, farming; farmer

Traditional characters:

• 貧 - poor, needy, impoverished; lacking
• 下 - below, underneath; inferior; to bring down; next
• 中 - central; center, middle; amidst; to hit (target), to attain; China; Chinese
• 農 - agriculture, farming; farmer