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v.transplant rice seedlings or shoots; rice transplanting
小时候我住在乡下姥姥家，每到干农活时都会帮忙插秧。
When I was young, I lived in my grandmother's house in the country, and I helped plant rice seedlings whenever I was working on the farm.
Word usage
- Separable word"插" and "秧" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
一排要插一百棵秧。
100 rice seedlings need to be planted in a row.
这块田已经插了秧了。
The field has been planted with rice seedlings.
我们正在田里插着秧，突然下起雨来了。
We were planting rice seedlings in the field when it began to rain.