开垦

kāikěn

HSK 7

开垦 — kāikěn

1. to clear wild land for cultivation; to put under the plow; to reclaim (land)

   他们在荒地上开垦了几百亩土地。 tāmen zài huāngdì shàng kāikěn le jǐbǎimǔ tǔdì — They reclaimed several hundred mu of wasteland for cultivation.