寸草不生 cùncǎobùshēng barren Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents 寸草 cùncǎo blade of grass a tiny blade of grass; small or insignificant grass不 bù adverb not Negative adverb used before verbs, adjectives, and other adverbs to indicate negation; also used as a bound-form prefix to form terms with opposite meanings生 shēng verbnoun to grow to grow; to sprout; to spring up
