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荒
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Definitions
- 1. desolate
- 2. shortage
- 3. scarce
- 4. out of practice
- 5. absurd
- 6. uncultivated
- 7. to neglect
Example Sentences
1 shown荒 唐！
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Words Containing 荒
funerals and famines
wild, mountainous country
see 天荒地老[tiān huāng dì lǎo]
(neologism c. 2016) no tv shows to watch
preposterous
absolutely ridiculous (idiom); preposterous
savage
drought and famine
until the end of time (idiom)
to prepare against natural disasters
lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds
(literary) famine
the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)
desert mountain
wallowing in lust
barren sands of the Gobi desert
desertification
to escape from a famine
desolate
year of famine
to abandon
abandoned land
frozen wastes
beyond belief
to open up land (for agriculture)
to be tolerant
to lie idle (of arable land)
crop failure
weeds
wasteland
absurd
natural disaster
out-of-the-way places
to glean
absurd
to be out of practice
desert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland
completely ridiculous and unfounded
to flee in defeat
desolate area outside a town
unprecedented
shameless
beyond belief
to open up land (for agriculture)
to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
wilderness
saline waste land
pioneer
an abandoned village
to open up land (for agriculture)
remote region
absurd
(bird species of China) isabelline shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
to abandon (cultivated fields)
ridiculous
to clear waste land or forest by burning
desolate
desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
barren or uninhabited island
wasteland
shortage of electricity
left to return to unchecked growth
famine
desolate and poor
licentious