raised path

street

earth mound (阝) + hundred (百) = path between many fields

A raised earthen path dividing fields into plots — one road serving a hundred parcels of land. The hill radical grounds it in earthen terrain, while 百 suggests the many plots such a path serves.

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田野里的阡纵横,农民们在田间劳作。

tián yě lǐ de qiān mò zòng héng,nóng mín men zài tián jiān láo zuò。

The raised paths crisscross the fields, and farmers work between the rows.

春天来了,阡之间开满了野花,景色很美。

chūn tiān lái le,qiān mò zhī jiān kāi mǎn le yě huā,jǐng sè hěn měi。

Spring has arrived; wild flowers bloom all along the paths between the fields, and the scenery is beautiful.

Words with 陌

陌生

mò shēng

strange; unfamiliar

陌生人

mò shēng rén

stranger

陌路

mò lù

(literary) stranger

陌路人

mò lù rén

stranger

陌陌

mò mò

Momo, GPS-based app for messaging, and potentially meeting up with, other Momo users (typically, strangers) in one's vicinity, launched in 2011

奥陌陌

ào mò mò

ʻOumuamua (interstellar object)

形同陌路

xíng tóng mò lù

to be estranged

柳陌花衢

liǔ mò huā qú

brothel

田陌

tián mò

path between fields

绮陌

qǐ mò

splendid streets

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