(category defined by the Communist Party) poor and lower-middle peasants: farmers who, before land reform, possessed little or no land (poor peasants) and those who were barely able to support themselves with their own land (lower-middle peasants)
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the poor and lower-middle class peasants
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noun
the poor and lower-middle peasants
我們高等學校的學生，據北京市的調查，大多數是地主、富農、資產階級以及富裕中農的子弟，工人階級、貧下中農出身的還不到百分之二十。
我们高等学校的学生，据北京市的调查，大多数是地主、富农、资产阶级以及富裕中农的子弟，工人阶级、贫下中农出身的还不到百分之二十。
wǒ men gāo děng xué xiào de xué shēng ， jù běi jīng shì de diào chá ， dà duō shù shì dì zhǔ ， fù nóng ， zī chǎn jiē jí yǐ jí fù yù zhōng nóng de zǐ dì ， gōng rén jiē jí ， pín xià zhōng nóng chū shēn de hái bù dào bǎi fēn zhī èr shí ． According to a survey made in Peking, most college students are children of landlords, rich peasants, the bourgeoisie and well-to-do middle peasants, while students from working-class and poor and lower-middle peasant families account for less than 20 per cent
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我们高等学校的学生，据北京市的调查，大多数是地主、富农、资产阶级以及富裕中农的子弟，工人阶级、贫下中农出身的还不到百分之二十。
我們高等學校的學生，據北京市的調查，大多數是地主、富農、資產階級以及富裕中農的子弟，工人階級、貧下中農出身的還不到百分之二十。
wǒ men gāo děng xué xiào de xué shēng ， jù běi jīng shì de diào chá ， dà duō shù shì dì zhǔ ， fù nóng ， zī chǎn jiē jí yǐ jí fù yù zhōng nóng de zǐ dì ， gōng rén jiē jí ， pín xià zhōng nóng chū shēn de hái bù dào bǎi fēn zhī èr shí ．
According to a survey made in Peking, most college students are children of landlords, rich peasants, the bourgeoisie and well-to-do middle peasants, while students from working-class and poor and lower-middle peasant families account for less than 20 per cent