枯井 (kū jǐng) — dried-up well, dry well

Definition

枯井 means a well that has dried up and no longer holds water — a literal compound of 枯 ('withered/dried') and 井 ('well'). It is a concrete, literal noun, not figurative.

noun

dried-up welldry well

Measure word · 口

Examples

枯井。
Cūn kǒu nà kǒu kū jǐng yǐ jīng hěn jiǔ méi rén yòng le.
That dried-up well at the village entrance hasn't been used for a long time.
枯井，。
Zhè kǒu kū jǐng lǐ céng jīng yǒu shuǐ, xiàn zài gān hé le.
This dry well used to have water, but now it's dried up.
枯井。
Tā men zài kū jǐng biān fā xiàn le yì xiē gǔ lǎo de táo qì.
They discovered some ancient pottery near the dry well.

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