书荒

書荒

shūhuāng

noun

Meanings

1 book drought (web novel slang)
2 the state of having nothing good left to read

Characters

Examples

我最近书荒，求推荐好看的小说。

Wǒ zuìjìn shūhuāng, qiú tuījiàn hǎokàn de xiǎoshuō.

I'm in a book drought — please recommend some good novels.

追完这本又要书荒了。

Zhuī wán zhè běn yòu yào shūhuāng le.

Once I finish this one I'll be in a drought again.

Tips

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Web-novel reader slang. Standard opening for recommendation threads on 起点, 晋江 and Weibo: 书荒求推荐 (in a drought, asking for recs). Modeled on 粮荒 (food shortage).

Stroke Order

书 shū

荒 huāng