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

Character Breakdown

荒
huāng
wasteland, desert; uncultivated
HSK 6 9 丶
烟
yān
smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes
HSK 4 10 丶
蔓
màn
vine, tendril, creeper
HSK 6 14 丶
草
cǎo
grass, herbs; straw, thatch
HSK 3 9 丶

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