but it is all overgrown with rank grass

but it is all overgrown with rank grass

It is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is j ū w é im à OC ǎ o, which means weeds blocking the road. It describes the scene of decline and desolation. From the book of songs Xiaoya Xiaobian.

Idiom usage

As a predicate, clause; to describe failure

Analysis of Idioms

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The origin of Idioms

Xiaoya Xiaobian in the book of Songs: "the way of the Zhou Dynasty is the way of the Zhou Dynasty, and the grass is the way of the Zhou Dynasty."

Idiom explanation

refers to weeds blocking the road. It describes the scene of decline and desolation.