The Chinese word **农业 (nóngyè)**, meaning "agriculture," is a compound term formed through the combination of two meaningful characters: **农 (nóng)**, which originally depicted a person working in a field with a tool and means "farming" or "farmer," and **业 (yè)**, which signifies "business," "industry," or "profession." Together, they semantically merge to create the concept of "farming as an industry" or "the profession of cultivation," evolving from its classical usage to define the systematic practice and economic sector of cultivating land and raising livestock.