荒煙蔓草

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

CEDICT

荒野的煙霧，蔓生的野草。形容荒蕪蒼涼的地方。

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 煙 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
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
悽哀 qīāi
  1. desolate
  2. mournful
柳啼花怨 liǔtíhuāyuàn desolate
淒涼 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
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