京杭运河 (京杭運河)
Jīng Háng Yùn hé
Pinyin
Definition
京杭运河 (京杭運河)
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- the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
- 2 Peking
- 3 PRC government
- 1 Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
- 2 capital of China at different historical periods
- 1 Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China
- 1 abbr. for Beijing
- 2 surname Jing
- 3 Jing ethnic minority
Idioms (14)
上有天堂,下有苏杭
- 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
- 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
不到黄河心不死
- 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
- 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
- 3 to keep going while some hope is left
信口开河
- 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
- 2 to blurt sth out
口若悬河
- 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
- 2 eloquent
- 3 glib
- 4 voluble
- 5 have the gift of the gab
恒河沙数
- 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)