barefoot doctor
barefoot doctor · barefoot doctors
босоногий доктор
Barfußarzt, Barfußärztin
A farmer or rural resident with basic medical training who worked as a doctor in rural…A farmer or rural resident with basic medical training who worked as a doctor in rural areas of the People's Republic of China from the mid-1960s until the 1980s, generally under a government-sponsored program.
Meaning
1 senses(historical)A farmer or rural resident with basic medical training who worked as a doctor in rural areas of the People's Republic of China from the mid-1960s until the 1980s, generally under a government-sponsored program.
Barfußarzt, Barfußärztin
босоногий докторbosonogij doktor
Translations
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By meaning 1
farmer with basic medical training:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
farmer with basic medical training:
Origin
Derived from the practice of farmers in southern China working barefoot in rice paddies.Derived from the practice of farmers in southern China working barefoot in rice paddies.
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Forms
plural: barefoot doctors| Singular | barefoot doctor |
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