(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)
贫农（包括老雇农）、下中农的合称。他们是农村中的无产阶级和半无产阶级。
贫农和下中农的并称。
周克芹 《许茂和他的女儿们》第五章：“大家都是贫下中农，一根藤上的苦瓜。” 张雪 《山里人》第五章：“咱要学人家那里贫下中农和广大社员……自力更生，艰苦奋斗。”