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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Jīng Háng Yùn hé
  1. the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC

Related Words (20)

Běi jīng
  1. 1 Beijing, capital of People's Republic of China
  2. 2 Peking
  3. 3 PRC government
Nán jīng
  1. 1 Nanjing subprovincial city on the Changjiang, capital of Jiangsu province 江蘇|江苏
  2. 2 capital of China at different historical periods
Háng zhōu
  1. 1 Hangzhou subprovincial city and capital of Zhejiang province in southeast China
  1. 1 river
  2. 2 classifier: 条 tiáo
  3. 3 classifier: 道 dào
Jīng
  1. 1 abbr. for Beijing
  2. 2 surname Jing
  3. 3 Jing ethnic minority

Idioms (14)

上有天堂,下有苏杭
shàng yǒu tiān táng , xià yǒu Sū Háng
  1. 1 lit. there is heaven above, and there is 蘇杭|苏杭[Sū Háng] below (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. the beauty and affluence of Suzhou and Hangzhou is comparable with heaven
不到黄河心不死
bù dào Huáng Hé xīn bù sǐ
  1. 1 lit. not to stop until one reaches the Yellow River (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to persevere until one reaches one's goal
  3. 3 to keep going while some hope is left
信口开河
xìn kǒu kāi hé
  1. 1 to speak without thinking (idiom)
  2. 2 to blurt sth out
口若悬河
kǒu ruò xuán hé
  1. 1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
  2. 2 eloquent
  3. 3 glib
  4. 4 voluble
  5. 5 have the gift of the gab
恒河沙数
Héng hé shā shù
  1. 1 countless as the grains of sand in the Ganges (idiom)