蔚然

wèirán
adjective

Meanings

  1. 1 lush; luxuriant (of plants)
  2. 2 flourishing

Examples

HSK 7-9
Shān shàng línmù wèirán, yí piàn cōnglǜ.
The woods on the hill are lush, one great sweep of green.
HSK 7-9
Dāngnián zhòngxià de xiǎo shùmiáo, rújīn yǐ wèirán chéng lín.
The saplings planted back then have now grown into a lush forest.

Tips

usage
Written, for thick, lush plant growth, as in 欧阳修's 望之蔚然而深秀 'looking lush, deep and lovely'. The figurative 'flourishing' lives mainly in 蔚然成风 'to become a general trend'. 蔚 is wèi here, not the surname Yù.

Stroke Order

蔚 wèi
然 rán