十室九空
shí​shì​jiǔ​kōng

deserted and depopulated

  • created sense approved 十室九空 · shí​shì​jiǔ​kōng · deserted and depopulated — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    十室九空

    shí​shì​jiǔ​kōng

    deserted and depopulated

    Describes a desolate scene where almost every house is empty, usually due to war, famine, or excessive taxation; literally "ten houses, nine empty".

    十 (literal) → 十 · shí · ten 室 (literal) → 室 · shì · room 九 (literal) → 九 · jiǔ · nine 空 (literal) → 空 · kōng · empty

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense