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Free Chinese learning materials for you! This series uncovers idioms and proverbs, rich in meaning. Let’s break down 「窮山僻壤」 and its usage.

The idiom 「窮山僻壤」 is the focus of our introduction today, and its explanation and application are listed below.

Soil: land. A remote and secluded place.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

qióng shān pì rǎng

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

kung4 saan1 pik1 yeung6

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