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Definition(s) for: 穷山恶水

Hanzi Pinyin Definition(s)
穷山恶水 qióng shān è shuǐ - lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom)
- fig. inhospitable natural environment

List Ranking:

Where rank 1 is most common, and higher numbers are less common.

HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
- - 85,529 78,420 59,865

Individual Character Breakdown:

Simp Pinyin Eng
qióng- poor
- destitute
- to use up
- to exhaust
- thoroughly
- extremely
- (coll.) persistently and pointlessly
shān- surname Shan
shān- mountain; hill (CL:座[zuo4])
- (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
ě- used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]
è- evil
- fierce
- vicious
- ugly
- coarse
- to harm
- to hate
- to loathe
- ashamed
- to fear
- to slander
shuǐ- surname Shui
shuǐ- water
- (after a name) ... River
- to swim (used mostly in 會水|会水[hui4shui3] and 水性[shui3xing4])
- (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy
- (bound form) additional cost; extra income
- classifier for washings of a garment

Other Words Containing 穷山恶水

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Word HSK 2 Level (2012) HSK 3 Band (2022) SUBTLEX-CH BeijingUni Global BeijingUni Weibo
穷山恶水 - - 85,529 78,420 59,865