burn straws and weeds and water the land(huǒ gēng shuǐ nòu)

burn straws and weeds and water the land

Huo Geng Shui Yao, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Hu ǒ g ē ngshu ǐ n ò u, which means to cultivate with fire and weed with water; it was a primitive farming method in ancient times. It comes from pinghuai book in historical records.

Idiom explanation

Weeding.

The origin of Idioms

According to the book of pinghuai in historical records, "the south of the Yangtze River is full of fire and water, which makes the hungry people flow and eat between the Yangtze River and the Huaihe River. If they want to stay, they need to stay."

Idiom usage

It refers to the original way of farming. Examples all those who want to build paddy fields use burning to cultivate paddy fields. (Shi Huo Zhi, book of Jin)

Chinese PinYin : huǒ gēng shuǐ nòu