Grass and trees are sparse
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is C ǎ om ù Xi ā OSH ū, which means that flowers, plants and trees have withered. Describe the scene of late autumn. From Jinci.
Idiom explanation
Xiao Shu: cold, sparse. Flowers and trees have withered. Describe the scene of late autumn.
The origin of Idioms
Jinci: "in spring, the mountains are covered with yellow flowers, and the path is fragrant; in autumn, the grass and trees are sparse, and the sky is high and the water is clear."
Grass and trees are sparse
return kindness with ingratitude evil for good - ēn jiāng chóu bào
extort excessive taxes and levies - hèng zhēng kē liǎn
melt like ice and break like tiles - bīng xiāo dòng jiě