杳无人烟 yǎo wú rén yān

DEFINITIONS

  1. dark and uninhabited (idiom); remote and deserted
  2. God-forsaken

CHARACTERS

杳 yǎo obscure, dark, mysterious, deep
无 wú negative, no, not; KangXi radical 71
人 rén man; people; mankind; someone else
烟 yān smoke, soot; opium; tobacco, cigarettes