草莽

cǎomǎng
  1. a rank growth of grass
  2. uncultivated land
  3. wilderness

CEDICT

  1. (figurative, obsolete) among the common people
  2. (literary) thick growth of grass; underbrush; undergrowth
  3. among the common people
  4. thick growth of grass; underbrush; undergrowth

Wiktionary

  1. 田野、草野。
  2. 退居鄉野，而不做官。
  3. 比喻盜賊。

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Entry Composition

=1 草 cǎo variant of 草 cǎo
=1 草 cǎo
  1. grass
  2. straw
  3. manuscript
  4. draft (of a document)
  5. careless
  6. rough

classifiers: 棵, 撮, 株, 根
2 莽 mǎng
  1. (bound form) dense growth of grass
  2. (literary) vast; boundless
  3. (bound form) boorish; reckless

Related entries

荒地 huāngdì
  1. wasteland
  2. uncultivated land
在接下来的十五年里，建筑师、计划者和社区开发企业为了把三百四十六英亩的工业荒地改变成六千五百座房子、两个购物中心、一个小艇船坞、一个学校、一个高中和公用场地都会一起工作。

Over the next fifteen years, architects, planners and community developers will work together to transform 346 acres of industrial wasteland into 6,500 homes, two shopping centres, a marina, a primary school and college, and parkland.

Source: Tatoeba

曠野 kuàngyě wilderness
榛蕪 zhēnwú
  1. wilderness
  2. bushy and weedy
  3. humble
  4. inferior
荒野 huāngyě wilderness
野地 yědì wilderness
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