寸草不生 — Chinese idiom
寸草不生
cùn cǎo bù shēng
Meaning
- barren; devoid of vegetation
Character by character
- 寸cùninch; small, tiny
- 草cǎograss, herbs; straw, thatch
- 不bùno, not, un-; negative prefix
- 生shēnglife, lifetime; birth; growth
Idioms sharing a character
- 寸土寸金 cùn tǔ cùn jīn
- 寸步不让 cùn bù bù ràng
- 寸步不离 cùn bù bù lí
- 寸步难行 cùn bù nán xíng
- 得寸进尺 dé cùn jìn chǐ
- 手无寸铁 shǒu wú cùn tiě
- 方寸大乱 fāng cùn dà luàn
- 方寸已乱 fāng cùn yǐ luàn
- 柔肠寸断 róu cháng cùn duàn
- 肝肠寸断 gān cháng cùn duàn
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