Read Edit View history 十室九空 shíshìjiǔkōng deserted and depopulated Origin Definitions Defs Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 十室九空 shíshìjiǔkōng 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". Frequency Written text 0.049 per million Cross-References Synonym 满目荒凉 mǎnmùhuāngliáng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)
十室九空 shíshìjiǔkōng 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". Frequency Written text 0.049 per million Cross-References Synonym 满目荒凉 mǎnmùhuāngliáng Sources Frequency data BCC Corpus (BLCU)