huāng
Pinyin

Definition

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huāng
  1. desolate
  2. shortage
  3. scarce
  4. out of practice
  5. absurd
  6. uncultivated
  7. to neglect

Character Decomposition

Compounds (2)

huāng
  1. 1 to get panicky
  2. 2 to lose one's head
  3. 3 (coll.) (after 得) unbearably
  4. 4 terribly
huǎng
  1. 1 lies
  2. 2 to lie

Related Words (20)

tuò huāng zhě
  1. 1 pioneer
  2. 2 groundbreaker
huāng táng
  1. 1 beyond belief
  2. 2 preposterous
  3. 3 absurd
  4. 4 intemperate
  5. 5 dissipated
huāng cūn
  1. 1 an abandoned village
bīng huāng mǎ luàn
  1. 1 soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war
dì lǎo tiān huāng

Idioms (6)

兵荒马乱
bīng huāng mǎ luàn
  1. 1 soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)
业荒于嬉
yè huāng yú xī
  1. 1 to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
荒无人烟
huāng wú rén yān
  1. 1 desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
荒烟蔓草
huāng yān màn cǎo
  1. 1 lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds
  2. 2 desolate (idiom)

Sample Sentences

你给我的天堂,其实是一片荒凉。
nǐ gěi wǒ de tiāntáng ,qíshí shì yīpiàn huāngliáng 。
The heaven you gave me was actually a barren land.
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谁说不是呢,看看这一件件儿的小衣服,不知道的都还以为咱们在闹饥荒呢。
shéi shuō bùshì ne ,kàn kan zhè yī jiàn jiànr de xiǎo yīfu ,bù zhīdào de dōu hái yǐwéi zánmen zài nào jīhuāng ne 。
You're telling me. Look at all these tiny clothes, if you didn't know any better you might think there's a famine going on.
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日本1日开始施行新签证政策,放宽外籍劳动者进入日本的条件,以解决“用工荒”难题。日本媒体注意到,日本长期严格限制移民入境,如今这一政策出现重大转向。
Rìběn yī rì kāishǐ shīxíng Xīn qiānzhèng zhèngcè ,fàngkuān wàijí láodòngzhě jìnrù Rìběn de tiáojiàn ,yǐ jiějué “yònggōnghuāng ”nántí 。Rìběn méitǐ zhùyì dào ,Rìběn chángqī yángé xiànzhì yímín rùjìng ,rújīn zhèyī zhèngcè chūxiàn zhòngdà zhuǎnxiàng 。
Japan began a new visa policy on the 1st, relaxing the conditions for foreign workers to enter Japan to solve the problems of “labor shortage”. The Japanese media noted that Japan has strictly restricted immigration to the country for a long time, and this policy is a major shift.
第一:日本施行新签证制度解决“用工荒”
dìyī :Rìběn shīxíng Xīn qiānzhèng zhìdù jiějué “yònggōnghuāng ”
1-Japan implements a new visa system to solve problems from "labor shortage"
这样一个人也不到六十块呀,而且你们这价钱也订得太荒谬了吧?
zhèyàng yí ge rén yě bú dào liùshí kuài ya ,érqiě nǐmen zhè jiàqian yě dìng de tài huāngmiù le ba ?
But that way we're still less than RMB60 per person and don't you think that your pricing is a little absurd?
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不天荒地老不痛快
bù tiānhuāngdìlǎo bù tòngkuai
Past the end of time
现在农村还是一家一户生产,粮食成本太高,粮价又不像房价,不可能大涨。种地收成低,基本是靠天吃饭。农村留不住人,很多农民为了打工都把地荒了。
xiànzài nóngcūn háishì yī jiāyīhù shēngchǎn ,liángshi chéngběn tài gāo ,liángjià yòu bù xiàng fángjià ,bù kěnéng dà zhǎng 。zhòngdì shōucheng dī ,jīběn shì kào tiān chīfàn 。nóngcūn liú bu zhù rén ,hěn duō nóngmín wèile dǎgōng dōu bǎ dì huāng le 。
Nowadays families still support themselves in the countryside, but the cost of growing food is high and food prices can't possibly rise as quickly as housing prices. If their harvest yield is low, they're basically at the mercy of the elements. The countryside can't retain people; many peasants are leaving their land uncultivated to go find work.
好了好了!别争了!大过年的,和气生财!我们没讲清楚规则,这盘就算荒牌吧。来来来,喝杯酒,庆祝新年啊!
hǎo le hǎo le !bié zhēng le !dà guònián de ,héqishēngcái !wǒmen méi jiǎng qīngchu guīzé ,zhè pán jiù suàn huāngpái ba 。lái lái lái ,hē bēi jiǔ ,qìngzhù xīnnián a !
那当然咯。唐朝的对外交通特别发达,不仅有陆上丝绸之路,还开辟了海上丝绸之路。对外贸易繁荣,想要什么就有什么。不过我最佩服的是他们并没有贪图享受而荒废朝政,反而更加励精图治,让中国社会走向了封建时代的顶峰!
nà dāngrán lo 。Tángcháo de duìwàijiāotōng tèbié fādá ,bùjǐn yǒu lùshàng sīchóuzhīlù ,hái kāipì le hǎishàng sīchóuzhī lù 。duìwàimàoyì fánróng ,xiǎng yào shénme jiù yǒu shénme 。bùguò wǒ zuì pèifú de shì tāmen bìng méiyǒu tāntú xiǎngshòu ér huāngfèi cháozhèng ,fǎnér gèngjiā lìjīngtúzhì ,ràng Zhōngguó shèhuì zǒuxiàng le fēngjiànshídài de dǐngfēng !
Of course! China had tons of connections with foreign countries during the Tang dynasty. Not only was there an overland Silk Road, there was even a Maritime Silk Road. Foreign trade flourished. You could get whatever you wanted. But most of all I admire those who leaders who didn't weaken the government by craving the trappings of power, and instead exerted themselves to make the country richer and more powerful. They allowed feudal Chinese society to reach its peak!
���实话有点儿失望。就几座荒废的城楼和寺庙。不过里面有一些出土文物,还有楼兰女尸。
shuō shíhuà yǒudiǎnr shīwàng 。jiù jǐ zuò huāngfèi de chénglóu hé sìmiào 。bùguò lǐmiàn yǒu yīxiē chūtǔ wénwù ,hái yǒu Lóulán nǚshī 。
Frankly, it was a little disappointing. There were just a few neglected buildings and temples. But there were a few excavated artifacts there, as well as the ``Loulan Beauty."