窮山惡水

lit. barren hills and wild rivers (idiom) / fig. inhospitable natural environment

surname Shui

water / river / liquid / beverage / additional charges or income / (of clothes) classifier for number of washes

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

used in 惡心|恶心[e3 xin1]

evil / fierce / vicious / ugly / coarse / to harm

to hate / to loathe / ashamed / to fear / to slander

poor / destitute / to use up / to exhaust / thoroughly / extremely / (coll.) persistently and pointlessly

dirty water / water that is unfit to drink / slops