烧荒

Traditional form:

燒荒

Pinyin (reading):

shāohuāng

Definitions:

• to clear waste land or forest by burning
• slash-and-burn (agriculture)

Characters:

• 烧 - to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast
• 荒 - wasteland, desert; uncultivated

Traditional characters:

• 燒 - to burn, to bake; to heat, to roast
• 荒 - wasteland, desert; uncultivated