荒

遐荒

xiá huāng

out-of-the-way places

开荒

kāi huāng

to open up land (for agriculture)

电荒

diàn huāng

shortage of electricity

饥荒

jī huāng

crop failure

碱荒

jiǎn huāng

alkali wasteland

备荒

bèi huāng

to prepare against natural disasters

兵荒马乱

bīng huāng mǎ luàn

(idiom) war-torn; ravaged by war; in a state of utter chaos

凶荒

xiōng huāng

(literary) famine

剧荒

jù huāng

(neologism c. 2016) no tv shows to watch

包荒

bāo huāng

to be tolerant

北大荒

běi dà huāng

the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China)

丧荒

sāng huāng

funerals and famines