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穷山恶水

qióng shān è shuǐ

4-character word Traditional 窮山惡水

What 穷山恶水 means

1. lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom)
2. fig. inhospitable natural environment

The characters in 穷山恶水

• 穷qióngpoor; destitute; to use up
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 恶èevil; fierce; vicious
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

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