寸草不生
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Chinese[edit]
a unit of length | grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
not; no | to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw | ||
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trad. (寸草不生) | 寸 | 草 | 不 | 生 | |
simp. #(寸草不生) | 寸 | 草 | 不 | 生 | |
Literally: “not even an inch of grass grows”. |
Pronunciation[edit]
Idiom[edit]
寸草不生
- (of land) completely barren; completely devoid of vegetation