干燥 (乾燥)
gān zào
Pinyin

Definition

干燥 (乾燥)
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gān zào
  1. to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
  2. desiccation
  3. dull
  4. uninteresting
  5. arid

Character Decomposition

Related Words (16)

干燥
gān zào
  1. 1 to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
  2. 2 desiccation
  3. 3 dull
  4. 4 uninteresting
  5. 5 arid
枯燥
kū zào
  1. 1 dry and dull
  2. 2 uninteresting
  3. 3 dry-as-dust
乾坤
qián kūn
  1. 1 yin and yang
  2. 2 heaven and earth
  3. 3 the universe
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)

口干舌燥
kǒu gān shé zào
  1. 1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much
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

哦，据我所了解，春季气候干燥，极其容易带走皮肤表面的水分，导致皮肤的屏障功能减弱，所以常常有皮肤干痒的问题。
ò ，jù wǒ suǒ liǎojiě ，chūnjì qìhòu gānzào ，jíqí róngyì dàizǒu pífū biǎomiàn de shuǐfèn ，dǎozhì pífū de píngzhàng gōngnéng jiǎnruò ，suǒyǐ chángcháng yǒu pífū gàn yǎng de wèntí 。
Oh, as far as I understand, the weather in spring is dry, so it is particularly easy to lose moisture from the surface of the skin, which weakens the protective ability of the skin, so the skin often gets dry and itchy.
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秋老虎是指秋天偶尔出现的干燥又炎热的天气，热到仿佛是有老虎咬你一样。
qiū lǎohǔ shìzhǐ qiūtiān ǒuěr chūxiàn de gānzào yòu yánrè de tiānqì ，rè dào fǎngfú shì yǒu lǎohǔ yǎo nǐ yīyàng 。
An Autumn tiger refers to the spells of hot dry weather that sometime occur in Autumn. It's so hot that it seems like a tiger has bitten you.
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最近雨水少，气候干燥。而且，我们这边靠近蒙古南部的戈壁地区，所以到了春末夏初，经常会有沙尘天气，有时还会有沙尘暴呢。
zuìjìn yǔ shuǐ shǎo ，qìhòu gānzào 。érqiě ，wǒmen zhèbiān kàojìn Ménggǔ nánbù de gēbì dìqū ，suǒyǐ dào le chūn mò xià chū ，jīngcháng huì yǒu shāchén tiānqì ，yǒushí hái huì yǒu shāchénbào ne 。
These days there isn't much rainfall and the climate is dry. Also, up here, we're right against the area of the Gobi Desert in the southern part of Mongolia, so at the end of spring and beginning of summer, there's often sand dust in the air. Sometimes there are even sandstorms.
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