barefoot doctor

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Definition von barefoot doctor im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

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

A lay health care worker, especially in rural China, trained in such activities as first aid, childbirth assistance, the dispensing of drugs, and preventive medicine

Silbentrennung

bare·foot doc·tor

Türkische aussprache

berfût dôktır

Aussprache

/ˈberˌfo͝ot ˈdôktər/ /ˈbɛrˌfʊt ˈdɔːktɜr/

Etymologie

() Derived from the practice of farmers in southern China who would often work barefoot in the rice paddies.