枯干 (kū gān) — dried-up, withered, wizened (of plants, skin, water sources)
Definition
Literary adjective meaning completely dried out and withered — used for plants, skin, and rivers/water sources in written or descriptive prose. Stronger and more poetic than everyday 干.
adjective
dried-upwitheredwizened (of plants, skin, water sources)
Examples
- ，枯干。Dōng tiān dào le, shù shàng de yè zi dōu kū gān le.Winter has come, and the leaves on the trees are all withered.
- 枯干。Tā de pí fū bèi fēng chuī dé kū gān kāi liè.His skin was dried and cracked by the wind.
- 枯干，。Zhè tiáo hé yǐ jīng kū gān, hé chuáng lù le chū lái.This river has dried up, exposing the riverbed.
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