寸草不生

Chinese

		a unit of length	grass; straw; draft (of a document) grass; straw; draft (of a document); careless; rough; manuscript; hasty	not; no	to be born; to give birth; life to be born; to give birth; life; to grow; student; raw
trad. (寸草不生)		寸	草	不	生
simp. ^#(寸草不生)		寸	草	不	生
Literally: “not even an inch of grass grows”.

Pronunciation

Mandarin
(Pinyin): cùncǎobùshēng

(Zhuyin): ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ
Cantonese (Jyutping): cyun³ cou² bat¹ sang¹

Mandarin
- (Standard Chinese)⁺
  - Hanyu Pinyin: cùncǎobùshēng
  - Zhuyin: ㄘㄨㄣˋ ㄘㄠˇ ㄅㄨˋ ㄕㄥ
  - Tongyong Pinyin: cùncǎobùsheng
  - Wade–Giles: tsʻun⁴-tsʻao³-pu⁴-shêng¹
  - Yale: tswùn-tsǎu-bù-shēng
  - Gwoyeu Romatzyh: tsuenntsaobusheng
  - Palladius: цуньцаобушэн (cunʹcaobušɛn)
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰu̯ən⁵¹ t͡sʰɑʊ̯²¹⁴⁻²¹ pu⁵¹ ʂɤŋ⁵⁵/
Cantonese
- (Standard Cantonese, Guangzhou–Hong Kong)⁺
  - Jyutping: cyun³ cou² bat¹ sang¹
  - Yale: chyun chóu bāt sāng
  - Cantonese Pinyin: tsyn³ tsou² bat⁷ sang¹
  - Guangdong Romanization: qun³ cou² bed¹ seng¹
  - Sinological IPA ^(key): /t͡sʰyːn³³ t͡sʰou̯³⁵ pɐt̚⁵ sɐŋ⁵⁵/

Idiom

寸草不生

(of land) completely barren; completely devoid of vegetation

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