穷山恶水 Save Sign in to save words Traditional (Taiwan): 窮山惡水 qióngshānèshuǐ ㄑㄩㄥˊ ㄕㄢ ㄜˋ ㄕㄨㄟˇ lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom) fig. inhospitable natural environment Character by character 穷(qióng)poor 山(shān)surname Shan 恶(è)evil 水(shuǐ)surname Shui A Chinese word or character, or English Search Sources CC-CEDICT, CC BY-SA 4.0 pinyinjs, Apache-2.0