荒烟蔓草

荒煙蔓草
huāngyānmàncǎo
  1. lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds
  2. desolate (idiom)

CEDICT

荒野的烟雾，蔓生的野草。形容荒芜苍凉的地方。

重編國語辭典

Entry Composition

1 荒 huāng
  1. desolate
  2. shortage
  3. scarce
  4. out of practice
  5. absurd
  6. uncultivated
  7. to neglect
=2 烟 yān
  1. cigarette or pipe tobacco
  2. smoke
  3. mist
  4. vapour
  5. tobacco plant
  6. (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

classifiers: 根, 縷
=2 烟 yān tobacco (variant of 烟 yān)
3 蔓草 màncǎo
  1. creeper
  2. climbing plant
  3. twiner

Related entries

冷落 lěngluò
  1. desolate
  2. unfrequented
  3. to treat sb coldly
  4. to snub
  5. to cold shoulder
凄哀 qīāi
  1. desolate
  2. mournful
柳啼花怨 liǔtíhuāyuàn desolate
凄凉 qīliáng desolate (place)
看著眼前淒涼的景象，我們不禁流下了淚來。

The pitiful sight moved us to tears.

Source: Tatoeba

荒 huāng
  1. desolate
  2. shortage
  3. scarce
  4. out of practice
  5. absurd
  6. uncultivated
  7. to neglect
荒僻 huāngpì
  1. desolate
  2. deserted
  3. out-of-the-way
荒凉 huāngliáng desolate
苍凉 cāngliáng
  1. desolate
  2. bleak
萧然 xiāorán
  1. desolate
  2. empty
偏僻 piānpì
  1. remote
  2. desolate
  3. far from the city
冷冷清清 lěnglěngqīngqīng
  1. deserted
  2. desolate
  3. unfrequented
  4. cold and cheerless
  5. lonely
  6. in quiet isolation
冷清清 lěngqīngqīng
  1. deserted
  2. desolate
  3. unfrequented
  4. cold and cheerless
  5. lonely
  6. in quiet isolation
孤寂 gūjì
  1. lonesome
  2. desolate
茕 qióng
  1. alone
  2. desolate
空寂 kōngjì
  1. empty and silent
  2. desolate
空落落 kōngluòluò
  1. empty
  2. desolate
萧索 xiāosuǒ
  1. bleak
  2. desolate
  3. melancholy
凉凉 liángliáng
  1. slightly cold
  2. cool
  3. (neologism) (slang) to be done for
  4. about to be obliterated
  5. (of a place or a person) desolate
萧瑟 xiāosè
  1. to rustle in the air
  2. to rustle
  3. to sough
  4. bleak
  5. desolate
  6. chilly