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荒無人煙

简荒无人烟 · 繁荒無人煙

Mandarin · pinyin huāng wú rén yān

desolate and uninhabited (idiom)

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荒: huāng · wasteland, desert; uncultivated
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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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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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