荒芜

荒蕪

huāngwú

adjective #19,449

Meanings

HSK 4

这片土地已经荒芜了很多年。

Zhè piàn tǔdì yǐjīng huāngwú le hěnduō nián.

This land has been lying waste for many years.

HSK 6

战争过后，田野一片荒芜。

Zhànzhēng guòhòu, tiányě yī piàn huāngwú.

After the war, the fields were completely desolate.

memory

荒 (barren/wild) + 芜 (overgrown with weeds) - both characters contain the grass radical (艹), painting a picture of land taken over by wild vegetation.

荒 huāng

芜 wú