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to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
out-of-the-way places
(neologism c. 2016) no tv shows to watch
to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study)
desolate
HSK 7-9
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desolate / shortage / scarce / out of practice / absurd / uncultivated / to neglect
HSK 7-9
the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)
preposterous
(idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos
unprecedented / for the first time / never before / first ever
absurd; ridiculous
HSK 7-9
pioneer / groundbreaker
(literary) famine
to glean / to collect scraps / to eke out a meager living
wilderness
(idiom) until the end of time
to open up land (for agriculture)
beyond belief / incredible / preposterous / fantastic
HSK 7-9
desert mountain / barren hill
barren or uninhabited island / CL: 個|个,
absolutely ridiculous (idiom); preposterous / the height of folly
to open up land (for agriculture)
beyond belief / preposterous / absurd / intemperate / dissipated
year of famine
crop failure / famine / debt / difficulty
wasteland / uncultivated land
left to return to unchecked growth / overgrown / grown wild
to lie idle (of arable land) / fig. rusty because of lack of practice
desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
to prepare against natural disasters
barren sands of the Gobi desert
an abandoned village
wasteland
Arai (Japanese surname)
cultural desert
to clear waste land or forest by burning / slash-and-burn (agriculture)
savage / wild / uncivilized territory
drought and famine
desertification
shortage of electricity
absurd / preposterous / ridiculous
to open up land (for agriculture)
wild, mountainous country
(bird species of China) isabelline shrike (Lanius isabellinus)
lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds / desolate (idiom)
ridiculous / unbelievable / absurd
to flee in defeat / to bolt
weeds / brush (vegetation) / wild grassland
famine / critical shortage of grain
desolate and poor / infertile
shameless
funerals and famines
culinary desert
remote region
desolate area outside a town
absurd / unthinkable
licentious
abandoned land
to be tolerant / to be forgiving / to conceal / to cover
to escape from a famine / to get away from a famine-stricken region
desolate and cold / frozen wastes
completely ridiculous and unfounded
natural disaster / famine
to abandon / to let go to waste
alkali wasteland
to be out of practice / rusty
desolate / deserted / out-of-the-way
desert; desolate wilderness; barren wasteland / vast and desolate
wallowing in lust


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