貧下中農 pín xià zhōng nóng

DEFINITIONS

  1. (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

貧 pín poor, impoverished, needy
下 xià
HSK 1
under, underneath, below; down; inferior; bring down
中 zhōng
HSK 1
central; center, middle; in the midst of; hit (target); attain
農 nóng agriculture, farming; farmer