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The character "墟" in its traditional form is composed of the earth radical (土) and the component 虛, which originally conveyed notions of emptiness or a mound. This structure points directly to its core historical meaning of a desolate, abandoned mound or the ruins of a former human settlement, essentially an earthen place that has become empty. Over time, this concrete sense of physical ruins expanded into more abstract or figurative applications, referring to any vacant or abandoned space, and by further extension, it came to designate a rural market, a place that is empty until periodically filled with people for trade, as seen in the compound 墟市. While retaining its foundational association with ruins and desolation, its modern usage encompasses both the literal, such as an archaeological site, and the conceptual idea of a void or a center of activity that is transient in nature.
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这片废墟很古老。
战争留下了许多废墟。
我们在废墟中找到了宝藏。
小镇的墟市很热闹。
每个周末都有墟市。
探险队深入废墟寻找秘密。
他的梦想已成一片废墟。
尽管墟场已废弃多年，但人们仍记得它的繁华。