fàng
huāng

technical
verb

Meaning of 放荒

放荒 means to burn wild vegetation on mountains and fields; slash-and-burn agriculture. Pronounced fàng huāng.

  • to burn wild vegetation on mountains and fields; slash-and-burn agriculture

Definitions & Examples

Chūn
tiān
 
nóng
mín
men
huì
fàng
huāng
lái
qīng
tián
 

In spring, farmers burn the fields to clear the land.

Fàng
huāng
xiǎo
xīn
néng
huì
yǐn
huǒ
zāi
 

Careless field burning might cause a wildfire.

shí
hou
 
rén
men
yòng
fàng
huāng
de
fāng
shì
lái
kāi
kěn
huāng
 

In ancient times, people used slash-and-burn methods to reclaim wasteland.

Zhè
piàn
shān
bèi
fàng
huāng
hòu
 
zhǎng
chū
le
xīn
de
zhí
bèi
 

After this mountain area was burned, new vegetation grew.

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