| 穷山恶水 |
qióng shān è shuǐ |
lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom) / fig. inhospitable natural environment |
| 穷 |
qióng |
poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly |
| 山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
| 山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 恶 |
ě |
used in 恶心 |
| 恶 |
è |
evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm |
| 恶 |
wù |
to hate / to loathe / ashamed / to fear / to slander |
| 恶水 |
è shuǐ |
dirty water / water that is unfit to drink / slops |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |