漫山遍野

mànshānbiànyě

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

春天来了，漫山遍野开满了野花。

Chūntiān lái le, mànshānbiànyě kāi mǎn le yěhuā.

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

秋天的枫叶漫山遍野，美得像一幅画。

Qiūtiān de fēngyè mànshānbiànyě, měi de xiàng yī 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