bleak and desolate place
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is m á NY à nzh à NGW à, which means the miasma in the South and refers to the desolate areas. It's from Song Ouyang Xiu's gift of Silver Pheasant to the Duke of Zaihe.
Idiom usage
As an object or attribute; of a desolate area
Analysis of Idioms
Smoke and rain
The origin of Idioms
Ouyang Xiu, Song Dynasty, wrote in his book "a gift to the silver pheasant from the Duke of harmony again": "although the smoke and mist of barbarism were born in the place, it's not necessary to remember the humble country."
Idiom explanation
Refers to the miasma in the south. A desolate area.
Chinese PinYin : mán yān zhàng wù
bleak and desolate place
take both public and private interests into account. gōng sī jiān gù
make promises easily but seldom keep them. qīng nuò guǎ xìn
be like a dry tree which again sprouts leaves in the spring. kū mù féng chūn
fight criminal offenders by death penalty. yǐ shā zhǐ shā
The speaker is earnest, the listener is contemptuous. yán zhě zhūn zhūn,tīng zhě miǎo miǎo
The top is not enough, the bottom is more than the bottom. shàng fāng bù zú,xià bǐ yǒu yú
the widower , the widow , the orphan and the childless. guān guǎ gū dú