岭南 (嶺南)
Lǐng nán
Pinyin

Definition

岭南 (嶺南)
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Lǐng nán
  1. south of the five ranges
  2. old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

南
Nán
  1. 1 surname Nan
南京
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
南宁
Nán níng
  1. 1 Nanning prefecture level city and capital of Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in south China 廣西壯族自治區|广西壮族自治区
南方
nán fāng
  1. 1 south
  2. 2 the southern part of the country
  3. 3 the South
江南
Jiāng nán
  1. 1 south of Changjiang or Yangtze river
  2. 2 south of the lower reaches of Changjiang
  3. 3 often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces
  4. 4 a province during Qing times
  5. 5 in literature, refers to the sunny south
  6. 6 Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)

Idioms (10)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
南征北伐
nán zhēng běi fá
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北战
nán zhēng běi zhàn
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters
南征北讨
nán zhēng běi tǎo
  1. 1 war on all sides (idiom); fighting from all four quarters

Sample Sentences

从黑龙江到岭南，13个地区为中国贡献了75%以上的粮食产量。由于粮食生产和人口分布的差异性，必须通过“北粮南运”解决南方的粮食需求。
cóng Hēilóngjiāng dào Lǐngnán ， ge dìqū wèi Zhōngguó gòngxiàn le yǐshàng de liángshi chǎnliàng 。yóuyú liángshi shēngchǎn hé rénkǒu fēnbù de chāyìxìng ，bìxū tōngguò “běiliángnányùn ”jiějué nánfāng de liángshi xūqiú 。
From Heilongjiang to Lingnan, 13 regions contribute to more than 75% of China's grain production. Due to the differences in food production and population distribution, food demand in the South has to be solved through the “Northern Grain and South Transportation”.
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