tiān​huāng

wilderness

  • created reference approved 天荒 → 破天荒 (see) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天荒 tiān​huāng

    破天荒 pò​tiān​huāng

    see

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 天荒 · tiān​huāng · wilderness — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天荒

    tiān​huāng

    wilderness

    (literary) remote and underdeveloped land; uncultivated or barren land; wilderness

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky 荒 (literal) → 荒 · huāng · remote area

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

    created sense

  • created sense approved 天荒 · tiān​huāng · lack of talent — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    天荒

    tiān​huāng

    lack of talent

    (literary) describes a situation where no candidate succeeds in the imperial examinations for many years, implying a lack of talent

    天 (literal) → 天 · tiān · sky 荒 (literal) → 荒 · huāng · desolate

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

    created sense