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Let’s dive into the idiom 「山陬海澨」. Its definition and application are outlined below.

The mountain and the seaside. Generally refers to remote places.

The Mandarin pronunciation of this idiom is :

shān zōu hǎi shì

while its Cantonese pinyin is :

saan1 jau1 hoi2 sai6

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