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丛生

/ cóngshēng /
Strokes

Definition

growing as a thicket/overgrown/breaking out everywhere (of disease, social disorder etc)

Example

As a Verb

(of plants) grow rankly/thickly/in clumps; cluster together (round sth/sb); clump together; overgrow

1
àn
河岸
shàng
wěi
芦苇
cóngshēng
丛生

The riverbanks were overgrown with reeds.

2
Cóngshēng
丛生
de
cǎo
野草

tufted/rank/rampant weeds

3
cǎocóngshēng
杂草丛生

be overgrown with weeds; be choked/rank with weeds; weeds spring up

4
Jīng
荆棘
cóngshēng
丛生

thorns grow in clumps; be overgrown with brambles; thorns spring up

As a Verb

(of diseases, evils, etc) break out in profusion

5
Shuǐzāi
水灾
guòhòu
过后
bìng
疾病
cóngshēng
丛生

Outbreaks of disease occurred in the wake of the floods.

6
Bǎibìngcóngshēng
百病丛生

all kinds of diseases and ailments breaking out