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


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