寸草不生
      Explanation: Barren land, nothing Growth
      Usage: The main predicate; as the predicate attribute, object; containing derogatory, to describe damage was so severe
      Source: Yuan Guan Hanqing "Snow in Midsummer," the fourth off: "If the results are wrong, for you Chuzhou three years without rain, grass grows."
  • Thesaurus:  signs of human habitation exiguity