焦土 (jiāo tǔ) — scorched earth; war-ravaged land

Definition

Examples

• 战争过后，整个城市变成了一片焦土。
  Zhàn zhēng guò hòu, zhěng gè chéng shì biàn chéng le yí piàn jiāo tǔ.
  After the war, the entire city became a scorched earth.
• 侵略者的暴行留下一片焦土。
  Qīn lüè zhě de bào xíng liú xià yí piàn jiāo tǔ.
  The invaders' atrocities left behind a scorched earth.
• 这场大火烧出了几十公里的焦土。
  Zhè chǎng dà huǒ shāo chū le jǐ shí gōng lǐ de jiāo tǔ.
  This big fire burned dozens of kilometers of scorched earth.