漫山遍野

mànshān-biànyě

idiom #66,624

Meanings

1 covering the mountains and plains
2 all over the hills and fields
3 spread over the entire landscape

Characters

to overflow; all over

everywhere; all over

wilderness; open country

Examples

HSK 6

春天来了，漫山遍野开满了野花。

Chūntiān lái le, mànshān-biànyě kāi mǎn le yěhuā.

Spring has come, and wildflowers are blooming all over the hills and fields.

HSK 7-9

秋天的枫叶漫山遍野，美得像一幅画。

Qiūtiān de fēngyè mànshān-biànyě, měi de xiàng yì fú huà.

Autumn maple leaves cover the mountains and valleys, beautiful as a painting.

Tips

history

Seen in Luo Guanzhong's Ming-dynasty 三国演义 ch. 58: 西凉州前部先锋马岱，引军一万五千，浩浩荡荡漫山遍野而来 - Ma Dai's army arrives so vast it covers the entire landscape.

usage

Used for things occurring in massive, landscape-covering quantity - flowers, livestock, soldiers, fruit trees, protesters. Works as adverbial modifier (漫山遍野地开) or predicate (花儿漫山遍野).

Stroke Order

漫 màn

山 shān

遍 biàn

野 yě