荒烟蔓草

lit. abandoned by men and choked with weeds / desolate (idiom)

desolate / shortage / scarce / out of practice / absurd / uncultivated / to neglect

cigarette or pipe tobacco / CL:根[gen1] / smoke / mist / vapour / CL:縷|缕[lü3] / tobacco plant / (of the eyes) to be irritated by smoke

turnip / Brassica campestris

creeper / to spread

creeper / climbing plant / twiner

variant of 草[cao3]

grass / straw / manuscript / draft (of a document) / careless / rough / CL:棵[ke1],撮[zuo3],株[zhu1],根[gen1]

variant of 肏[cao4]