芜 (wú) - overgrown with weeds & wild grassland

芜Tone 2

wú ｜ 7 strokes ｜ radical: 艹

万响

芜 · wú

overgrown with weeds;

wild grassland;

messy, chaotic;

desolate;

miscellaneous writings

overgrown with weedswild grasslandmessy, chaotic

Usage highlights

overgrown with weedsmiscellaneous writingsweedy and messymixed and disorderlyjumbled wordsdesolate land

Synonyms

  • 荒— wild, desolate
  • 杂— mixed, miscellaneous
  • 乱— chaotic, messy

Antonyms

  • 菁— essence, refined
  • 精— refined, pure
  • 齐— neat, orderly

Usage & contexts

Examples

  • The garden is overgrown with weeds (荒芜的花园).
  • He compiled a collection of miscellaneous writings (芜杂的文章).
  • The land became barren and desolate (土地变得芜秽).
  • This is just a jumble of miscellaneous notes (这只是一些芜词).

Collocations

  • overgrown with weeds(荒芜)
  • miscellaneous writings(芜杂)
  • weedy and messy(芜秽)
  • mixed and disorderly(芜乱)
  • jumbled words(芜词)
  • desolate land(芜田)

Idioms

  • Eliminate the false and retain the true(去芜存菁)
  • Remove the weeds and preserve the essence(芟芜存菁)
  • Mixed and disorderly(芜杂不堪)

Cultural background

FAQ
  • Originally referred to land overgrown with weeds, later extended to mean messy or chaotic.
  • In literary contexts, used to describe miscellaneous writings or jumbled thoughts.
  • The idiom '去芜存菁' (remove the weeds and preserve the essence) is commonly used in editing and refinement contexts.

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