1 to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)

2 desiccation

3 dull

4 uninteresting

5 arid

1 dry and dull

2 uninteresting

3 dry-as-dust

1 yin and yang

2 heaven and earth

3 the universe

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

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

1 lit. dry mouth and tongue (idiom); to talk too much

1 lit. to upend heaven and earth (idiom)

2 fig. to change the course of events

3 to turn things around

1 lit. overturning heaven and earth (idiom); earth-shattering

2 a radical change

1 cautious and diligent all day long (idiom)