穷乡僻壤

Traditional: 窮鄉僻壤

qióng xiāng pì rǎng

Dictionary entry

a remote and desolate place

What does 穷乡僻壤 mean?

穷乡僻壤 (qióng xiāng pì rǎng) has the following dictionary meaning.

1a remote and desolate place

Character breakdown

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穷qióngpoor · destitute 乡xiāngcountry or countryside · native place 僻pì(bound form) remote · out of the way 壤rǎng(bound form) soil; earth · (literary) the earth (contrasted with heaven 天[tian1])

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How to pronounce 穷乡僻壤

穷乡僻壤

qióng xiāng pì rǎng

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