开垦

tā men kāi kěn huāng dì

他们开垦荒地。

They opened up large tracts of wasteland.

wǒ jì huà bǎ suǒ yǒu de shān pō dōu kāi kěn chū lai

我计划把所有的山坡都开垦出来。

I plan to bring all these mountain slopes under cultivation.

wèi kāi kěn de huāng dì

未开垦的荒地

uncultivated land

nóng mín men zài hǎi tān kāi kěn le liù mǔ liáng tián

农民们在海滩开垦了六亩良田。

Farmers reclaimed 6 acres of fields along the shoreline.

zhè yī dài de tǔ dì cóng wèi kāi kěn guo

这一带的土地从未开垦过。

The land around here has never been cultivated.

tā huì chū qián gù nóng mín kāi kěn zhè kuài dī ǎi cóng lín lái zhòng zhí mài zi

她会出钱雇农民开垦这块低矮丛林来种植麦子。

She would pay farmers to plough up the scrub and plant wheat.