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荒诞

huāng dàn

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word Traditional 荒誕

荒诞 (huāng dàn) means "beyond belief; incredible; preposterous". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 荒诞 means

1. beyond belief
2. incredible
3. preposterous
4. fantastic

The characters in 荒诞

• 荒huāngdesolate; shortage; scarce
• 诞dànbirth; birthday; brag

Example sentences

• 你用过《WHAT THE CAR?》中的翻滚汉堡车吗？真是太荒诞可笑了！
  Have you tried flipping burgers as a car in "WHAT THE CAR?"? It's hilariously bizarre.
• 在思想的领域中, 荒诞和堕落仍然主宰着世界, 它们的操控只是短时间地被暂停。
  Zài sīxiǎng de lǐngyù zhōng, huāngdàn hé duòluò réngrán zhǔzǎi zhe shìjiè, tāmen de cāokòng zhǐshì duǎnshíjiān de bèi zàntíng.
  In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods.

Words starting with 荒诞

• 荒诞不经huāng dàn bù jīngabsurd; preposterous; ridiculous
• 荒诞无稽huāng dàn wú jīridiculous; unbelievable; absurd

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