拾荒
shí huāng
Pinyin

Definition

拾荒
 - 
shí huāng
  1. to glean
  2. to collect scraps
  3. to eke out a meager living

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

收拾
shōu shi
  1. 1 to put in order
  2. 2 to tidy up
  3. 3 to pack
  4. 4 to repair
  5. 5 (coll.) to sort sb out
  6. 6 to fix sb
一发不可收拾
yī fā bù kě shōu shi
  1. 1 once it gets started there's no stopping it
地老天荒
dì lǎo tiān huāng
  1. 1 see 天荒地老[tiān huāng dì lǎo]
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)
拓荒者
tuò huāng zhě
  1. 1 pioneer
  2. 2 groundbreaker
拾
shè
  1. 1 to ascend in light steps
破天荒
pò tiān huāng
  1. 1 unprecedented
  2. 2 for the first time
  3. 3 never before
  4. 4 first ever
荒唐
huāng táng
  1. 1 beyond belief
  2. 2 preposterous
  3. 3 absurd
  4. 4 intemperate
  5. 5 dissipated
荒地
huāng dì
  1. 1 wasteland
  2. 2 uncultivated land
荒废
huāng fèi
  1. 1 to abandon (cultivated fields)
  2. 2 no longer cultivated
  3. 3 to lie waste
  4. 4 wasted
  5. 5 to neglect (one's work or study)
荒村
huāng cūn
  1. 1 an abandoned village
荒凉
huāng liáng
  1. 1 desolate
荒芜
huāng wú
  1. 1 left to return to unchecked growth
  2. 2 overgrown
  3. 3 grown wild
荒诞
huāng dàn
  1. 1 beyond belief
  2. 2 incredible
  3. 3 preposterous
  4. 4 fantastic
荒谬
huāng miù
  1. 1 absurd
  2. 2 ridiculous
荒野
huāng yě
  1. 1 wilderness
重拾
chóng shí
  1. 1 to pick up (a theme etc)
  2. 2 to regain (confidence)
  3. 3 to revive (a custom, friendship etc)
不可收拾
bù kě shōu shí
  1. 1 irremediable
  2. 2 unmanageable
  3. 3 out of hand
  4. 4 hopeless
俯拾皆是
fǔ shí jiē shì
  1. 1 lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely common
  3. 3 easily available
备荒
bèi huāng
  1. 1 to prepare against natural disasters

Idioms (15)

俯拾皆是
fǔ shí jiē shì
  1. 1 lit. so numerous that one could just bend down and pick them up (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. extremely common
  3. 3 easily available
兵荒马乱
bīng huāng mǎ luàn
  1. 1 soldiers munity and troops rebel (idiom); turmoil and chaos of war
天荒地老
tiān huāng dì lǎo
  1. 1 until the end of time (idiom)
拾人涕唾
shí rén tì tuò
  1. 1 to plagiarize (idiom)
拾人牙慧
shí rén yá huì
  1. 1 to pick up what others say (idiom); to pass off other people's opinions as one's own
  2. 2 to parrot
拾级而上
shè jí ér shàng
  1. 1 to walk slowly up a flight of steps (idiom)
拾遗补缺
shí yí bǔ quē
  1. 1 to remedy omissions and correct errors (idiom)
拾金不昧
shí jīn bù mèi
  1. 1 to pick up money and not hide it (idiom); to return property to its owner
业荒于嬉
yè huāng yú xī
  1. 1 to be distracted from one's work and fail to achieve results (idiom)
众人拾柴火焰高
zhòng rén shí chái huǒ yàn gāo
  1. 1 when everybody gathers fuel, the flames are higher (idiom)
  2. 2 the more people, the more strength
荒无人烟
huāng wú rén yān
  1. 1 desolate and uninhabited (idiom)
荒烟蔓草
huāng yān màn cǎo
  1. 1 lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds
  2. 2 desolate (idiom)
荒谬绝伦
huāng miù jué lún
  1. 1 absolutely ridiculous (idiom); preposterous
  2. 2 the height of folly
路不拾遗
lù bù shí yí
  1. 1 lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. honesty prevails throughout society
道不拾遗
dào bù shí yí
  1. 1 lit. no one picks up lost articles in the street (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. honesty prevails throughout society

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