开垦

kāikěn

to clear a wild area for cultivation; to put under the plow

verb HSK 3.0 · Band 7 trad. 開墾

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农民在开垦荒地。

The farmers are reclaiming wasteland.

这片土地开垦了十年。

This land has been cultivated for ten years.