guò / qù / zhè / lǐ / jiāo / tōng / bù / biàn / céng / bèi / xíng / róng / wéi / qióng / shān / è / shuǐ

过去这里交通不便，曾被形容为穷山恶水。

In the past, transportation here was inconvenient, and the area was described as inhospitable.