HSK 7–9 · verb
荒
to lie waste; to go uncultivated; to become barren
那块地荒了几年，现在又种上菜了。
Nà kuài de huāngle jǐ nián， xiànzài yòu zhǒng shàng càile。
That piece of land lay waste for a few years, and now vegetables are planted on it again.
村里把这片荒地变成了耕地。
Cūn lǐ bǎ zhè piàn huāng de biànchéngle gēngdì。
The village turned this wasteland into farmland.
这个故事太荒诞了，我一点儿也不信。
Zhège gùshi tài huāngdànle， wǒ yìdiǎnr yě bú xìn。
This story is too absurd; I don't believe it at all.
这片荒凉的土地上很少有人住。
Zhè piàn huāngliáng de tǔdì shàng hěn shǎo yǒu rén zhù。
Very few people live on this desolate land.