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荒凉

huāng liáng
HSK 2.0 Level 6 HSK 3.0 Level 7 Adjective Uncommon

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Definitions

  1. 1. desolate

Word relationships

Antonyms

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繁华
fán huá

flourishing

Related words

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凄凉
qī liáng

mournful

形容气氛冷落、悲伤

Synonyms

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荒芜
huāng wú

left to return to unchecked growth

形容土地因无人管理而长满野草

Usage notes

Collocations

常用搭配：荒凉的沙漠、荒凉的景象；常与'一片'连用，如'一片荒凉'。

Common mistakes

不可误写为'荒凉'（右偏旁是'京'而非'了'）。

Example Sentences

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这里曾经很繁华，现在却是一片 荒凉 。
It used to be bustling here, but now it's completely desolate.

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Child Words of 荒凉

凉
liáng

the five Liang of the Sixteen Kingdoms, namely: Former Liang 前涼|前凉 (314-376), Later Liang 後涼|后凉 (386-403), Northern Liang 北涼|北凉 (398-439), Southern Liang 南涼|南凉[nán liáng] (397-414), Western Liang 西涼|西凉 (400-421)

凉
liàng

to let sth cool down

荒
huāng

desolate