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The character 耘 is an agricultural term meaning to weed or cultivate a field. It is a phono-semantic compound: the left component 耒 (a plow) provides the semantic category of farming, while the right component 云 gives the pronunciation. Historically, it referred to the physical removal of weeds from cropland so that the crops could grow unimpeded. Over time, its use expanded metaphorically to describe the careful cultivation or refinement of skills and artistic works, applying the idea of weeding to intellectual pursuits.
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春天是耕耘的季节。
农民们辛勤地耕耘土地。
为了丰收，他们每天耕耘。
学习就像耕耘，需要耐心。
只有经过辛勤的耕耘，才能获得成功的果实。
在知识的田野上，我们不断耕耘以追求真理。
倘若没有先辈的耕耘，哪来我们今天的幸福生活？
纵观历史，人类文明的进步无不伴随着对自然与社会的辛勤耕耘。