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The character 瘠 is structured with the sickness radical 疒 combined with 脊, which functions primarily as a phonetic component while also implying a semantic connection to the bony spine, underscoring notions of leanness. Its early meanings centered on physical emaciation or frailty in living beings, but over time the term extended to describe infertile or barren land, and subsequently any condition of scarcity, poverty, or meagerness, thus generalizing from a specific bodily state to broader environmental and qualitative deficiencies.
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这片土地很贫瘠。
贫瘠的土壤难种庄稼。
由于土地贫瘠，农民收入很少。
他们努力改善贫瘠的耕地。
这片山区土地瘠薄，作物产量低。
科学家研究如何使瘠土变肥沃。
尽管土地瘦瘠，他们仍坚持耕作。
长期过度开发导致土地日益贫瘠。