不毛之地

bù máo zhī dì

Dictionary entry

(idiom) barren land; desert

What does 不毛之地 mean?

不毛之地 (bù máo zhī dì) has the following dictionary meaning.

1(idiom) barren land; desert

Character breakdown

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不bùno; not so · (bound form) not; un-毛Máosurname Mao 之zhī(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的[de5]) · him 地de-ly · structural particle: used before a verb or adjective, linking it to preceding modifying adverbial adjunct

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不毛之地

bù máo zhī dì

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