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Word · NounTraditional䴚

salt marsh; saline land

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

salt marsh; saline land; alkaline flat

archaic

An archaic literary term referring to a salt marsh, salt pan, or land with high salinity due to evaporation or natural conditions. Primarily found in classical texts or historical/geographical writings.

Gǔ古
shū书
zhōng中
jì记
zǎi载
 ，
cǐ此
dì地
céng曾
wèi为
guǎng广
mào袤
zhī之
gǎng䴚
 。

Ancient texts record that this place was once a vast salt marsh.

Gǎng䴚
lǔ卤
zhī之
dì地
 ，
cǎo草
mù木
bù不
shēng生
 。

In saline and alkaline land, no grass or trees grow.