寸草不生
cùn​cǎo​bù​shēng

barren

  • created sense approved 寸草不生 · cùn​cǎo​bù​shēng · barren — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    寸草不生

    cùn​cǎo​bù​shēng

    barren

    literally "not even a blade of grass grows"; describes land that is completely barren or infertile

    寸草 (literal) → 寸草 · cùn​cǎo · blade of grass 不 (literal) → 不 · bù · not 生 (literal) → 生 · shēng · to grow

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense