barefoot doctor
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Derived from the practice of farmers in southern China working barefoot in rice paddies.
Noun[edit]
barefoot doctor (plural barefoot doctors)
- (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.
Translations[edit]
farmer with basic medical training
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