| 荒烟蔓草 |
huāng yān màn cǎo |
lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds / desolate (idiom) |
| 荒 |
huāng |
desolate / shortage / scarce / out of practice / absurd / uncultivated / to neglect |
| 烟 |
yān |
cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根 / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:缕 / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke |
| 烟 |
yān |
tobacco (variant of 烟) |
| 蔓 |
mán |
used in 蔓菁 |
| 蔓 |
màn |
(bound form) trailing or climbing stem; vine / (bound form) to spread; to extend |
| 蔓 |
wàn |
(coll.) trailing or climbing stem; vine / Taiwan pr. [man4] |
| 蔓草 |
màn cǎo |
creeper / climbing plant / twiner |
| 草 |
cǎo |
variant of 草 |
| 草 |
cǎo |
grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵,撮,株,根 |
| 草 |
cào |
variant of 肏 |