with much land and few people
It is a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is d ì Gu ǎ NgR é nx ī, which refers to a large place with few people. It comes from the book of Han, geography II.
The origin of Idioms
"Geography records of the Han Dynasty" says: "the customs are quite different, the land is wide and the people are rare."
Idiom usage
It refers to a large place with few people. example because of its vast territory and sparse population, it can not be rescued. The eighty third chapter of Water Margin by Shi Naian in Ming Dynasty
Analysis of Idioms
[synonym] rarely seen and uninhabited [antonym] narrow and dense
with much land and few people
Honest officials can cut off housework - qīng guān nán duàn jiā wù shì
tell lies about this and about that - shu huang dao hei
Cut down on the achievements and reserve the ability - fá gōng jīn néng
encroach upon reputation and offend justice - gàn míng fàn yì