







耕者让畔,行者让路 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “describes a social atmosphere where people are courteous and mutually accommodating, with farmers yielding space at field boundaries and travelers making way for others, signifying widespread civility and concession”. Literally, “Farmers yield field boundaries, travelers yield roads”.

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Open the tool →耕者让畔,行者让路 (gēng zhě ràng pàn , xíng zhě ràng lù) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “describes a social atmosphere where people are courteous and mutually accommodating, with farmers yielding space at field boundaries and travelers making way for others, signifying widespread civility and concession”.
耕者让畔,行者让路 is pronounced gēng zhě ràng pàn , xíng zhě ràng lù in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 耕者让畔,行者让路 means “Farmers yield field boundaries, travelers yield roads”. It is used to mean “describes a social atmosphere where people are courteous and mutually accommodating, with farmers yielding space at field boundaries and travelers making way for others, signifying widespread civility and concession”.
畔:田界。耕田的人把田界所占的地面让给对方,走路的人让开路给对方行走。形容礼让已成为社会风气