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荒 huāng

wasteland, desert; uncultivated

Strokes
9
Level
HSK 6
Radical
艹
Type
Picto-phonetic
Made of 芒川 ⿱芒川

Memory hint: grass

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  1. 这片地方很荒凉，没有人住。
    Zhè piàn dìfang hěn huāngliáng, méiyǒu rén zhù.
    This area is very desolate, no one lives here.
    this(measure) place very desolate, not-have people live
  2. 你觉得这个理由荒谬吗？
    Nǐ juéde zhège lǐyóu huāngmiù ma?
    Do you think this reason is absurd?
    you think this(measure) reason absurd (question)
  3. 别做这么荒唐的事情了。
    Bié zuò zhème huāngtang de shìqing le.
    Stop doing such ridiculous things.
    don't do so ridiculous (particle) matters (particle)
  4. 这个想法一点都不荒谬，很有道理。
    Zhège xiǎngfǎ yìdiǎn dōu bù huāngmiù, hěn yǒu dàolǐ.
    This idea isn't absurd at all, it makes a lot of sense.
    this(measure) idea a-bit at-all not absurd, very have reason
  5. 战争过后，这座城市变得十分荒凉。
    Zhànzhēng guòhòu, zhè zuò chéngshì biàn de shífēn huāngliáng.
    After the war, this city became very desolate.
    war after, this(measure) city became (particle) very desolate

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