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寸草不生. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word
寸草不生, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say
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Chinese
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a unit of length
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grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty |
not; no
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to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw |
| trad. (寸草不生)
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寸
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草
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不
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生
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| simp. #(寸草不生)
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寸
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草
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不
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生
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| Literally: “not even an inch of grass grows”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
寸草不生
- (of land) completely barren; completely devoid of vegetation