not even a blade of grass grows(cùn cǎo bù shēng)

not even a blade of grass grows

An inch of grass is barren, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C ù NC ǎ ob ù sh ē ng, which means that the land is barren, even a little grass does not grow. He also described the disaster as serious. It comes from journey to the west by Wu Chengen of Ming Dynasty.

The origin of Idioms

In Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing's the injustice of Dou'e, the fourth fold: "if there is injustice, it means that you have no rain and no grass in Chuzhou for three years."

Idiom usage

It describes severe disaster or extremely poor land

Examples

In Yuan Dynasty, Guan Hanqing's the injustice of Dou'e, the fourth fold: "if there is injustice, it means that you have no rain and no grass in Chuzhou for three years."

The 59th chapter of Wu Chengen's journey to the West in Ming Dynasty: "but there is a flame of 800 Li, and there is no grass around."

Chinese PinYin : cùn cǎo bù shēng