| 退耕还林 |
tuì gēng huán lín |
restoring agricultural land to forest |
| 退 |
tuì |
to retreat; to withdraw / to reject; to return (sth) / to decline |
| 耕 |
gēng |
variant of 耕 |
| 耕 |
gēng |
to plow / to till |
| 还 |
Huán |
surname Huan |
| 还 |
hái |
still / still in progress / still more / yet / even more / in addition / fairly / passably (good) / as early as / even / also / else |
| 还 |
huán |
to pay back / to return |
| 林 |
Lín |
surname Lin / Japanese surname Hayashi |
| 林 |
lín |
(bound form) woods; forest / (bound form) circle(s) (i.e. specific group of people) / (bound form) a collection (of similar things) |