lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom); fig. inhospitable natural environment
trad. 窮山惡水
Also written 窮山惡水【qióng shān è shuǐ】
Characters in this word
4穷
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poor, destitute, to use up, to exhaust, thoroughly, extremely, (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
- Pinyin
- qióng
- Traditional
- 窮
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9199 of 2500
山
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surname Shan
- Pinyin
- Shān
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 2411 of 2500
恶
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used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]
- Pinyin
- ě
- Traditional
- 惡
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 12185 of 2500
水
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surname Shui, Shui ethnic group
- Pinyin
- Shuǐ
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 807 of 2500