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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

荒芜 [huāngwú]
  1. 1. adjective waste

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

荒芜 [huāngwú]
  1. 1. lie waste; go out of cultivation
    这块地荒芜很久了。
    由于连年战乱,百姓流离,田园荒芜
    Owing to long years of war, people left their homes and the land was allowed to lie waste.
  2. 2. adjective wild

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

荒芜 [huāngwú]
  1. 1. 形容因无人耕种或管理而杂草丛生的样子
    土地荒芜
    庭院荒芜
  2. 2. 跟"荒疏"不同。

Examples

由于连年战乱,百姓流离,田园荒芜
Owing to long years of war, people left their homes and the land was allowed to lie waste. 荒芜
荒芜
lie waste; go out of cultivation
荒芜的田地里长满了成堆的杂草。 成堆
战乱过后,这里变得荒芜人烟。 荒无人烟
这块地荒芜很久了。 荒芜
连年兵革, 这里早已人烟荒芜
The war went on for years, and made the place deserted. 兵革
荒芜
荒芜
兵事频仍,田园荒芜 兵事
田园荒芜,蒿草丛生。 蒿草

Collocations

土地荒芜
barren land
日渐荒芜
to gradually become barren
荒芜破败
desolated and dilapidated
一片荒芜
a scene of desolation
荒芜的田地
wasteland

Word Decomposition


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