black ditch

Questions

What does black ditch mean?

Synonym of Taiwan Strait.

Where does black ditch come from?

A calque of Hokkien 烏水溝 /乌水沟 (O͘-chúi-kau, literally “black ditch”).

How to pronounce black ditch

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