noun
vast stretch of desert; vast expanse of sandy plain
A yojijukugo describing an endless, flat desert landscape. Often used in literary or poetic contexts.
平沙万里の風景が目の前に広がっていた。
A vast stretch of desert spread out before my eyes.
A yojijukugo composed of 平 (flat), 沙 (sand), 万 (ten thousand, myriad), and 里 (ri, an old unit of distance), literally 'ten thousand ri of flat sand'. The exact historical origin is uncertain; it is a conventional literary expression for a boundless desert.