开荒 (kāi huāng) — to reclaim wasteland; to open up uncultivated land
Definition
Verb meaning to reclaim or break in wasteland for farming. A separable verb — you can split it (开了一片荒); the object 荒 is short for 荒地 ('wasteland').
verb
to reclaim wastelandto open up uncultivated land
Examples
- 开荒。Nóng mín men zhèng zài kāi huāng.The farmers are reclaiming wasteland.
- ，。Tā men qù nián kāi le yí piàn huāng, jīn nián zhǒng shàng le zhuāng jia.They reclaimed a piece of wasteland last year and planted crops this year.
- 开荒。kāi huāng Xū yào hěn duō láo dòng lì hé shí jiān.Reclaiming wasteland requires a lot of labor and time.
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