barren; infertile; poor (soil)
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesadjective
(of land) hard and infertile; barren; poor
literaryLiterary term used to describe poor, rocky, or unproductive soil. Often found in written Chinese describing harsh terrain.
Zhè这
piàn片
tǔ土
dì地
qiāo硗
bó薄
，
nán难
yǐ以
gēng耕
zhòng种
。
This land is barren and difficult to cultivate.
Qiāo硗
bó薄
de的
tián田
dì地
zhǎng长
bu不
chū出
hǎo好
zhuāng庄
jia稼
。
Infertile fields cannot produce good crops.
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Yóu由
yú于
qì气
hòu候
gān干
hàn旱
，
zhè这
lǐ里
de的
tǔ土
dì地
shí十
fēn分
qiāo硗
bó薄
。
Due to the arid climate, the land here is extremely barren.