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Character Decomposition
荒=芒+川
Etymology
grass
Meanings
desolate
shortage
scarce
out of practice
absurd
uncultivated
to neglect
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Words with 荒 306 total
to prepare against natural disasters备荒bèi huāngcrop failure · famine · debt · difficulty饥荒jī huāngto open up land (for agriculture)开荒kāi huāngalkali wasteland碱荒jiǎn huāngweeds · brush (vegetation) · wild grassland荒草huāng cǎobeyond belief · incredible · preposterous · fantastic荒诞huāng dànto abandon (cultivated fields) · no longer cultivated · to lie waste · wasted · to neglect (one's work or study)荒废huāng fèi
Idioms with 荒 26 total Chain
(idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos兵荒马乱bīng huāng mǎ luànabsurd · preposterous · ridiculous荒诞不经huāng dàn bù jīngridiculous · unbelievable · absurd荒诞无稽huāng dàn wú jīabsolutely ridiculous (idiom); preposterous · the height of folly荒谬绝伦huāng miù jué lúnlean year · time of dearth · in hard time荒时暴月huāng shí bào yuèpreposterous荒唐无稽huāng táng wú jī
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