干旱 (乾旱)
gān hàn
Pinyin

Definition

干旱 (乾旱)
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gān hàn
  1. drought
  2. arid
  3. dry

Character Decomposition

Related Words (15)

乾坤
qián kūn
  1. 1 yin and yang
  2. 2 heaven and earth
  3. 3 the universe
旱
hàn
  1. 1 drought
干旱
gān hàn
  1. 1 drought
  2. 2 arid
  3. 3 dry
乾陵
Qián líng
  1. 1 Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
乾隆
Qián lóng
  1. 1 Qianlong Emperor (1711-1799), sixth Qing emperor, princely title 寶親王|宝亲王[Bǎo Qīn wáng], personal name 弘曆|弘历[Hóng lì], reigned 1735-1799

Idioms (4)

大旱望云霓
dà hàn wàng yún ní
  1. 1 lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation
扭转乾坤
niǔ zhuǎn qián kūn
  1. 1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to change the course of events
  3. 3 to turn things around
旋乾转坤
xuán qián zhuǎn kūn
  1. 1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering
  2. 2 a radical change
朝乾夕惕
zhāo qián xī tì
  1. 1 cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)

Sample Sentences

北方降雨少，干旱。所以我想“春雨贵如油”之类的谚语应该是北方人总结出来的。不过人们常说：女人是水做的，南方湿润的气候对女性的皮肤倒是比较好。
běifāng jiàngyǔ shǎo ，gānhàn 。suǒyǐ wǒ xiǎng “chūnyǔ guì rú yóu ”zhīlèi de yànyǔ yīnggāi shì běifāngrén zǒngjié chūlái de 。bùguò rénmen cháng shuō ：nǚrén shì shuǐ zuò de ，nánfāng shīrùn de qìhòu duì nǚxìng de pífū dàoshì bǐjiào hǎo 。
In the north there's little rainfall, so it's dry. That's why I think "spring rain is as precious as oil" and similar sayings probably came out of the north. But people often say that women are made of water, and the moist climate of the south is better for a woman's skin.
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专家指出，舟曲特殊的地质地貌，长期干旱，突降暴雨，都是这次地质灾害的成因。
zhuānjiā zhǐchū ，Zhōuqū tèshū de dìzhì dìmào ，chángqī gānhàn ，tū jiàng bàoyǔ ，dōu shì zhècì dìzhì zāihài de chéngyīn 。
The experts have pointed out that Zhouqu's special geological conditions and landforms, a long period of drought, and the sudden torrential rainfall were all contributing factors to this geological disaster.
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