寸草 cùncǎo

1. cùncǎo noun low grass
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: In the sense of 小草 (Guoyu '寸草' 1)
2. cùncǎo noun a very small object
   Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
   Notes: By analogy (Guoyu '寸草' 2)

Contained in

• 寸草不留 not even a blade of grass left; total destruction
• 寸草不生 not even a blade of grass grows; barren

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• 第五十九回 Chapter 59 Journey to the West 西遊記 — count: 1
• 卷三百三十八 列傳第九十七 蘇軾子:過 Volume 338 Biographies 97: Su Shi and son: Guo History of Song 宋史 — count: 1