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村 is a phonosemantic compound: 木, the tree radical on the left, points to a wooded or rural setting, while 寸 on the right provides the sound. The character originally referred to a small settlement among trees and remains the standard term for a village or hamlet, the basic unit of countryside community.
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我住在农村。
这个村庄有五百人。
村民们喜欢种田。
村口有一棵大树。
昨天我去了村里。
农村的生活很朴素。
这个村子比那个村子大。
为了发展经济,村里引进了新技术。
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