荒
huāng
desolate
shortage; scarce; out of practice; absurd; uncultivated; to neglect
这片土地荒了很多年,没有人耕种。
zhè piàn tǔ dì huāng le hěn duō nián, méi yǒu rén gēng zhòng。
This piece of land has been uncultivated for many years, with no one farming it.
他好久没练琴,手都荒了。
tā hǎo jiǔ méi liàn qín, shǒu dōu huāng le。
He hasn't practiced the piano for a long time, and his skills have gone rusty.
Words with 荒
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
(idiom) until the end of time
垦荒
kěn huāng
to open up land (for agriculture)
逃荒
táo huāng
to escape from a famine
遐荒
xiá huāng
out-of-the-way places
开荒
kāi huāng
to open up land (for agriculture)
电荒
diàn huāng
shortage of electricity
饥荒
jī huāng
crop failure
碱荒
jiǎn huāng
alkali wasteland
备荒
bèi huāng
to prepare against natural disasters
兵荒马乱
bīng huāng mǎ luàn
(idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos
凶荒
xiōng huāng
(literary) famine
剧荒
jù huāng
(neologism c. 2016) no tv shows to watch