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Meaning of 壑

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Pinyin:
English Definition: gully; ravine; Taiwan pr. [huo4]
Chinese Definition:
①坑谷,深沟:沟壑。丘壑。千沟万壑。以邻为壑(喻把灾祸推给别人)。欲壑难填。
Total strokes: 17; Radical:
Ideographic:A ditch carved in the earth ; also provides the pronunciation
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ ] gully, pool; a ditch carved by a torrential rain
    • [ ] soil, earth; items made of earth
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Example Words
沟壑 gōu gorge; gulch; ravine; deep ditch
丘壑 qiū hills and valleys; remote, secluded area
以邻为壑 lín wéi to use one's neighbor as a drain; to shift one's problems onto others (idiom)
欲壑难填 nán tián bottomless pit of desire (idiom); insatiable greed; carnal cravings are never satisfied and are a main obstruction on the path to enlightenment
林壑 lín woods and ravines; tranquillity of trees and valleys
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Example Sentences
1
And dig deep trenches in thy beauty's field.
2
A man's discontent is his worst evil.
3
A little stream of Knowledge trickled slowly through a deep worn gully.
4
A deep gully between the two mountains can be seen from here.
5
Lapras: He hid the Hidden Land in a gap in time.