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窮鄉僻壤

简 穷乡僻壤 · 繁 窮鄉僻壤
Mandarin · pinyin qióng xiāng pì rǎng

Meanings

  1. a remote and desolate place
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Characters in this entry

窮
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鄉
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僻
pì · out-of-the-way, remote; unorthodox
壤
rǎng · soil, loam, earth; rich
穷
qióng · poor, destitute, impoverished
乡
xiāng · country; rural; village
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2–1–4–3 · qiong2 xiang1 pi4 rang3

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Rime Cantonese 粵拼

kung4 hoeng1 pik1 joeng6

Cantonese word readings for 窮鄉僻壤. This lexicon supplies readings, not definitions.

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kung4 hoeng1 pik1 joeng6

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phrase

  1. (idiomatic) remote and backward places

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