The new fields and those of the third year: fields that have been cultivated two years are called xin (lit. new), those cultivated three years are called yu (lit. cultivated field).
As douqi points out, the spuds should really be shovel/spade, but a googling has informed me that spud is "a small, narrow spade for cutting the roots of plants, especially weeds". Presumably the tool used to dig up potatoes became the slang for the potato itself.
![[community profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/community.png){kind=small}
![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
Re: 276. 臣工 - Chen Gong
Date: 2021-06-20 07:38 pm (UTC)The new fields and those of the third year: fields that have been cultivated two years are called xin (lit. new), those cultivated three years are called yu (lit. cultivated field).
As