不毛之地 [- máo zhī dì](不生长草木五谷的地方) gally; barren land; desert; a desert region; sterile land; waste land [region]; a bare and barren land; meager soil; arid land; land without a blade of grass; land which does not grow anything:
•¶ 我们要把这块不毛之地改成麦田。 We shall turn this piece of wasteland into wheat fields.