乾燥 gān zào

DEFINITIONS

  1. to dry (of weather, paint, cement etc)
  2. desiccation
  3. dull
  4. uninteresting
  5. arid

CHARACTERS

乾 gān dry; first hexagram; warming principle of the sun, penetrating and fertilizing, heavenly generative principle (male)
燥 zào
HSK 5
dry, parched, arid; quick-tempered