pestilential rain and unhealthy mist
Miasma is a Chinese idiom. The Pinyin is zh à ngy à m á NY à n, which means miasma in the south. It also refers to very desolate places. It comes from Xin Qiji of Song Dynasty.
Idiom usage
A desolate place where people perish in a miasma.
Analysis of Idioms
Miasma and rain
The origin of Idioms
Xin Qiji, Song Dynasty, wrote the poem "red man Jiang, send Tang Chaomei to his hometown." it's a ten-year dream. Don't talk about it before you respect it. "
Idiom explanation
It refers to miasma in the south. It also refers to a very desolate place.
pestilential rain and unhealthy mist
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