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渺無人煙

简渺无人烟 · 繁渺無人煙

Mandarin · pinyin miǎo wú rén yān

remote and uninhabited (idiom); deserted
God-forsaken

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渺: miǎo · endlessly long, boundless, vast
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人: rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
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无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
烟: yān · smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes

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3–2–2–1 · miao3 wu2 ren2 yan1

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(idiomatic) to be deserted; to be desolate; to be uninhabited

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