焦土

Chinese

 
burnt; scorched; worried
burnt; scorched; worried; anxious
 
earth; dust; rural
earth; dust; rural; uncouth; uncultured; plebeian
simp. and trad.
(焦土)

Pronunciation


Noun

焦土

  1. (literally) scorched earth
  2. (figuratively) ravages of war

Descendants

  • English: scorched earth (calque)

Japanese

Kanji in this term
しょう
Grade: S

Grade: 1
on’yomi

Pronunciation

Noun

(しょう)() • (shōto) せうと (seuto)?

  1. scorched earth

References

  1. Matsumura, Akira, editor (2006), 大辞林 [Daijirin] (in Japanese), Third edition, Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
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