Word information
Simplified荒烟蔓草
Traditional荒煙蔓草
Pinyinhuāng yān màn cǎo
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Chinese word dictionary
荒烟蔓草
huāng yān màn cǎo · lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds; desolate (idiom)
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