荒地 (huāng dì) — wasteland; undeveloped land

Definition

Examples

• 这片荒地长满了杂草。
  Zhè piàn huāng dì zhǎng mǎn le zá cǎo.
  This wasteland is overgrown with weeds.
• 几年前这里还是一块荒地，现在变成了住宅区。
  Jǐ nián qián zhè lǐ hái shì yí kuài huāng dì, xiàn zài biàn chéng le zhù zhái qū.
  A few years ago this was still a piece of undeveloped land; now it has become a residential area.
• 政府计划将这片荒地改造成公园。
  Zhèng fǔ jì huà jiāng zhè piàn huāng dì gǎi zào chéng gōng yuán.
  The government plans to transform this wasteland into a park.