xū

墟 (xū) is a Chinese word meaning “ruins; (literary) village; variant of 圩[xu1]”.

Meanings

  1. 1ruins
  2. 2(literary) village
  3. 3variant of 圩[xu1]
  4. 4country fair

Related words

废墟ruins三个女人一个墟three women makes a crowd华屋丘墟magnificent building reduced to a mound of rubble (idiom); fig. all one's plans in ruins墟里village殷墟Yinxu, ruins of Yinshang 殷商 city at Anyang 安陽|安阳 in Henan province, a World Heritage site

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