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荒诞

huāngdàn

absurd; bizarre

HSK 7 · Topic “Merits and flaws”
A fish flies through the sky while a bird swims below
Memory picture

Characters in this word

荒 huāng

Strokes
9
Radical
艹 — grass, weed, plant, herb
Made of
芒 blade 川 stream, river
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound

诞 dàn

Strokes
8
Radical
讠 — words, speech
Made of
讠 words, speech 延 to defer, to delay, to postpone
How it's built
Phono-semantic — one part hints at the meaning, another at the sound
More about the character 诞

Example phrases

  • 这项规定荒诞到连执行者自己都无法解释。 Zhè xiàng guīdìng huāngdàn dào lián zhíxíngzhě zìjǐ dōu wúfǎ jiěshì. This rule is so absurd that even those enforcing it cannot explain it.
  • 这个荒诞的梦里，鱼在天上飞，鸟在水里游。 Zhège huāngdàn de mèng lǐ, yú zài tiān shang fēi, niǎo zài shuǐ lǐ yóu. In this bizarre dream, fish fly in the sky and birds swim in the water.
  • 这部喜剧情节荒诞，却让人笑得停不下来。 Zhè bù xǐjù qíngjié huāngdàn, què ràng rén xiào de tíng bù xiàlái. The plot of this comedy is absurd, yet it makes people laugh without stopping.

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