







耕者让畔,讼者让田 is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “describes a society where people are courteous and willing to yield to others, even in disputes over property or boundaries, showing a prevailing spirit of deference and harmony”. Literally, “Farmers yield the field boundaries, litigants yield the land”.

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Open the tool →耕者让畔,讼者让田 (gēng zhě ràng pàn , sòng zhě ràng tián) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “describes a society where people are courteous and willing to yield to others, even in disputes over property or boundaries, showing a prevailing spirit of deference and harmony”.
耕者让畔,讼者让田 is pronounced gēng zhě ràng pàn , sòng zhě ràng tián in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 耕者让畔,讼者让田 means “Farmers yield the field boundaries, litigants yield the land”. It is used to mean “describes a society where people are courteous and willing to yield to others, even in disputes over property or boundaries, showing a prevailing spirit of deference and harmony”.
畔:田界。耕田的人把田界所占的地面让给对方,有纠纷的给对方让田。形容礼让已成为社会风气