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壑 [hè]
1. Gully, deep ditch; ravine.
Examples: 沟壑 (gully), 丘壑 (hill and valley), 千沟万壑 (myriad of ditches and ravines).
Idiom: 以邻为壑 (to blame others for one's own misfortunes).
Proverb: 欲壑难填 (a bottomless pit).
2. Small river bank; moat.
Example: 实墉实壑 (the fortifications of the city).
3. Pit or hole.
Example: 其亲死,则举而委之于壑 (when a person’s relative dies, they may be taken and laid in a pit).
1. 《说文》: 壑, 沟也 (a gully).
2. 《尔雅·释诂》: 壑, 溪壑也 (a stream gully).
3. 《文选·张衡·西京赋》: 陆峦超壑 (the mountains rise above the gully).
4. 晋·陶渊明《归去来兮辞》: 既窈窕以寻壑 (seeking a hidden ravine).
5. 宋·欧阳修《醉翁亭记》: 林壑尤美 (the forest and ravine are especially beautiful).
6. 《徐霞客游记·游黄山记》: 峭壑阴森 (the steep ravines are shadowy).
7. 众壑纵横 (ravines crisscross).
8. 孙文《序》: 如怒涛排壑 (like angry waves surging through the gully).
如: 壑谷 (mountain valley), 壑口 (opening like a ravine), 壑子 (gap).
Note: This information is excerpted from traditional Chinese dictionaries.