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[1] shortage; scarcity; deficiency [2] desolate; barren; waste [3] neglect; be out of practice [4] famine; crop failure [5] absurd; unreasonable; incredible [6] dissolute; self-indulgent  Additional PoS:   Stroke count: 10
Level: 3
Radical: 艸 (#140)
This character is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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荒疏
fong1 so1 = to be out of practice; rusty
荒涼
fong1 loeng4 = bleak; desolate
災荒
zoi1 fong1 = famine (due to crop failure)
逃荒
tou4 fong1 = to flee famine
破天荒
po3 tin1 fong1 = never before; for the first time; ground-breaking
兵荒馬亂
bing1 fong1 maa5 lyun6 = turmoil and chaos of war
開荒牛
hoi1 fong1 ngau4 = describes a pioneer in a new field (lit., "an ox opens the wasteland")
荒謬
fong1 mau6 = irrational; absurd; foolish; ridiculous
荒蕪
fong1 mou4 = lie waste
荒地
fong1 dei6 = wasteland; uncultivated land
拾荒
sap6 fong1 = scavenge
荒野
fong1 je5 = wilderness
荒唐
fong1 tong4 = absurd; ludicrous; ridiculous
荒島
fong1 dou2 = desert island
拓荒
tok3 fong1 = pioneer; trailblaze
拓荒者
tok3 fong1 ze2 = trailblazer; pioneer
荒廢
fong1 fai3 = 1. let fall into disrepair 2. remain uncultivated 3. neglect
落荒而逃
lok6 fong1 ji4 tou4 = take to flight; flee in panic
北大荒
bak1 daai6 fong1 = the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)
饑荒
gei1 fong1 = famine; financial difficulties 國
荒淫
fong1 jam4 = licentious; waste away one's life over sex
天荒地老
tin1 fong1 dei6 lou5 = until the end of time |
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Legend 國 : This term is used in Mandarin/Standard written Chinese, not Cantonese. 粵 : This term is used in Cantonese, not Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. No icon: This term is used in both Cantonese and Mandarin/Standard written Chinese. |
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