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退耕還林

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Pīnyīn
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restoring agricultural land to forest

Character decomposition:

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Mandarin
Pīnyīn
Unihan Definition
standalone and in compounds
Jyutping
Cantonese
Variant
Four corner
Cangjie
退
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *退* | 退* | *退
9画
step back, retreat, withdraw
3730.3
YAV
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *耕* | 耕* | *耕
10画
plow, cultivate
5590.0
QDTT
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *還* | 還* | *還
16画
still, yet, also, besides
3630.3
YWLV
splitcomponent searchstroke orderdetailspronouncebaikeskritter
 *林* | 林* | *林
8画
forest, grove; surname
4499.0
DD

Word decomposition:

SimplifiedEnglish Definition
退
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *退* | 退* | *退
to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *耕* | 耕* | *耕
variant of
 
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *耕* | 耕* | *耕
to plow / to till
   
   Lín
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *林* | 林* | *林
surname Lin / Japanese surname Hayashi
   
   lín
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *林* | 林* | *林
(bound form) woods; forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things)