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荒烟蔓草

huāng yān màn cǎodictionary entry
DEFINITION CC-CEDICT
lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds / desolate (idiom)
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Reference definitions: CC-CEDICT contributors and MDBG, CC BY-SA 4.0. Source release 2026-10-27T01:55:52Z. Imported 2026-10-27. Definition wording and meaning order are retained. Recognized pronunciation references are displayed with tone marks; the original source record is available below.

Source record: cd-29e3533d35d1de14. Source SHA-256: bbc4b27f26bee1a262f4d7939667a040c7857c7fc0200a2fa7a86d3352a09eae.

Original source entry:

荒煙蔓草 荒烟蔓草 [huang1 yan1 man4 cao3] /lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds/desolate (idiom)/

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Other forms in these source records: 荒煙蔓草

  • 荒
    huāng

    desolate / shortage / scarce / out of practice / absurd / uncultivated / to neglect

  • 烟
    yān

    cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gēn] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lǚ] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke / tobacco (variant of 煙|烟[yān])

  • 蔓
    mán

    used in 蔓菁[mán jing]

    màn

    (bound form) trailing or climbing stem / vine / (bound form) to spread / to extend

    wàn

    (coll.) trailing or climbing stem / vine / Taiwan pr. [màn]

  • 草
    cǎo

    grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[kē],撮[zuǒ],株[zhū],根[gēn]

    cào

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Reference definitions from CC-CEDICT.