荒無人煙

简 荒无人烟 · 繁 荒無人煙
Mandarin · pinyin huāng wú rén yān

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  1. desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
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荒
huāng · wasteland, desert; uncultivated
無
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人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
煙
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无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
烟
yān · smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
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1–2–2–1 · huang1 wu2 ren2 yan1

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