地狹人稠

简 地狭人稠 · 繁 地狹人稠
Mandarin · pinyin dì xiá rén chóu

Meanings

  1. (idiom) small and densely populated
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地
de · dì · earth; soil, ground; region
狹
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人
rén · man; people; mankind; someone else
稠
chóu · dense, crowded, packed; soupy
狭
xiá · narrow, limited; narrow-minded
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4–2–2–2 · di4 xia2 ren2 chou2

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  1. (idiomatic) small in area but densely populated

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