种地

tā guò qù zài jiā zhòng dì

他过去在家种地。

He used to be a farmer in his home town.

tā bù shì shēng lái jiù gāi zhòng dì pǐ chái de

他不是生来就该种地劈柴的。

He wasn't bred to plow and split rails.

shì jì chū jī hū yǒu sān fēn zhī yī de rén kǒu yī kào zhòng dì wéi shēng

20世纪初几乎有三分之一的人口依靠种地为生。

At the beginning of the 20th century, almost a third of the population lived off the land.