bleak and desolate place
Manyanmiasma, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is m á NY à nzh à ngy à, which means miasma in the south. It also refers to a very desolate place. It's from man Jiang Hong.
The origin of Idioms
Xin Qiji of Song Dynasty wrote the poem "Manjianghong": miasma, rain and smoke, ten-year dream, no talk in front of the bottle
Idiom usage
It's a very desolate place. It's a place to go to and be in danger of being shocked by the waves. --The sixth chapter of Jing Hua Yuan by Li Ruzhen in Qing Dynasty
bleak and desolate place
can not claim credit due to others - bù gǎn lüè měi
a single thread can 't make a cord - dān sī bù xiàn