shí huāng

拾荒 (shí huāng) is a Chinese word meaning “to glean; to collect scraps; to eke out a meager living”.

Meanings

  1. 1to glean
  2. 2to collect scraps
  3. 3to eke out a meager living

Characters in 拾荒

拾shè · to ascend in light steps荒huāng · desolate

Related words

收拾to put in order荒谬absurd; ridiculous荒唐beyond belief拾to ascend in light steps拾to pick up荒野wilderness不可收拾(idiom) irremediable; unmanageable; out of hand; hopeless饥荒crop failure荒诞beyond belief荒废to abandon (cultivated fields)荒地wasteland荒凉desolate

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