ChinesePod

1 rivers and lakes
2 all corners of the country
3 remote areas to which hermits retreat
4 section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law
5 the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá])
6 (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc
7 demimonde
8 (in modern times) triads
9 secret gangster societies
10 underworld

江苏

Jiāng sū

1 Jiangsu province (Kiangsu) in southeast China, abbr. 蘇|苏, capital Nanjing 南京

Idioms (13)

人在江湖，身不由己

rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ

1 you can't always do as you like
2 one has to compromise in this world (idiom)

大江南北

Dà jiāng nán běi

1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
2 (fig.) all over China

指点江山

zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān

1 to talk idly about important matters (idiom)
2 to set the world to rights
3 to pass judgment on everything

文江学海

wén jiāng xué hǎi

1 river of literacy, sea of learning (idiom); ars longa, vita brevis

春江水暖鸭先知

chūn jiāng shuǐ nuǎn yā xiān zhī

1 lit. the duck is the first to know if the spring water is warm (idiom)
2 fig. an expert in the field knows which way the wind blows

Sample Sentences

近半个月以来，武汉市民已经可以凭手机里的健康码“绿码”走出小区，上班或采购时戴着口罩、保持间距。城市交通也已逐渐恢复，高峰时段的长江大桥甚至有些许拥堵。

jìn bànge yuè yǐlái ，Wǔhàn shìmín yǐjīng kěyǐ píng shǒujī lǐ de jiànkāng mǎ “lǜ mǎ ”zǒuchū xiǎoqū ，shàngbān huò cǎigòu shí dài zhe kǒuzhào 、bǎochí jiānjù 。chéngshì jiāotōng yě yǐ zhújiàn huīfù ，gāofēng shíduàn de ChángJiāng DàQiáo shènzhì yǒu xiēxǔ yōngdǔ 。

In the past couple of weeks, Wuhan citizens are able to walk out of their neighbours with a health code "green code" in their phones. When working or doing groceries, they wear masks and maintain distance. The traffic in the city is back to normal, and is even jammed on the Yangtze Bridge during rush hours.

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空调控温、自动食槽、风机通风……这个夏天，浙江省丽水市康达生态养殖场里，三千头小猪过上了清洁安静的“智能生活”。

kōngtiáo kòngwēn 、zìdòng shícáo 、fēngjī tōngfēng ……zhège xiàtiān ，ZhèjiāngShěng Líshuǐshì kāngdá shēngtài yǎngzhíchǎng lǐ ，sān qiān tóu xiǎozhū guòshàng le qīngjié ānjìng de “zhìnéng shēnghuó ”。

Temperature control AC, automatic trough, fan ventilation... This summer, in an ecological farm in Lishui City, Zhejiang Province, 3000 piglets in the farm experienced clean and quiet “smart living”.

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农村要在尊重自然、顺应自然、保护自然的基础上，以绿色发展引领振兴。”浙江省庆元县委书记蓝伶俐说。

nóngcūn yào zài zūnzhòng zìrán 、shùnyìng zìrán 、bǎohù zìrán de jīchǔ shàng ，yǐ lǜsè fāzhǎn yǐnlǐng zhènxīng 。”ZhèjiāngShěng Qìngyuán xiànwěishūjì lánlínglì shuō 。

Zhejiang Qingyuan County Party Secretary Lan Yu said that revitalisation hrough green development can be led by the countryside. In so doing, to respect nature, adapt to nature and to protect nature.

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今起两天，「二零一八年长江经济带互联网绿色技术转移转化大会」在上海举办。

jīn qǐ liǎng tiān ，「èrlíngyībānián ChángJiāng jīngjì dài Hùliánwǎng lǜsè jìshù zhuǎnyí zhuǎnhuà dàhuì 」zài Shànghǎi jǔbàn 。

For the next 2 days, the 2018 Yangtze Economic News and Green Technology forum will be held in Shanghai.

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粤港澳大湾区以环珠江口区域为核心，背靠大陆面向南海，地处国际航线要冲，是中国与海上丝绸之路沿线国家海上往来距离最近的经济发达区域。大湾区的发展也同时可以作为中国一带一路的催化剂，粤港澳大湾区是一个策略性发展，目的是连接中亚到欧洲的丝绸之路经济带和南亚到非洲和中东的海上丝绸之路的经济。

Yuègǎngàodàwānqū yǐ huánzhūjiāngkǒu qūyù wéi héxīn ，bèikào Dàlù miànxiàng NánHǎi ，dìchǔ guójì hángxiàn yàochōng ，shì Zhōngguó yǔ hǎishàng sīchóuzhīLù yánxiàn guójiā hǎishàng wǎnglái jùlí zuìjìn de jīngjì fādá qūyù 。dàwānqū de fāzhǎn yě tóngshí kěyǐ zuòwéi zhōngguó yīdàiyīlù de cuīhuàjì ，yuègǎngàodàwānqū shì yīgē strategic fāzhǎn ，mùdì shì liánjiē zhōngYà dào ōuzhōu de sīchóuzhīlù jīngjì dài hé nányà dào fēizhōu hé zhōngdōng de hǎishàng sīchóuzhīlù de jīngjì 。

The Greater Bay Area is centered around the Pearl River Estuary, facing inland China and the South China Sea, linked to international transportation routes and an economic region closest to the Maritime Silk Road. The development of the area should also act as a catalyst for China’s Belt and Road Initiative - it is a strategic development that aims to link the economies along the Silk Road Economic Belt (Central Asia to Europe) and the Maritime Silk Road (South Asia to Africa and the Middle East) together.

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粤港澳大湾区是改革开放四十周年再阔步出发的一个生动注脚。由香港、澳门两个特别行政区和广东省的广州、深圳、珠海、佛山、中山、东莞、肇庆、江门、惠州等九市组成的城市群，是国家建设世界级城市群和参与全球竞争的重要载体，与美国纽约湾区旧金山湾区和日本东京湾区比肩的世界四大湾区之一。

yuègǎngàodàwānqū shì gǎigékāifàng sìshí zhōunián zài kuòbù chūfā de yīgē shēngdòng zhùjiǎo 。yóu Xiānggǎng 、Àomén liǎnggè tèbié xíngzhèngqū hé Guǎngdōngshěng de Guǎngzhōu 、Shēnzhèn 、Zhūhǎi 、Fóshān 、Zhōngshān 、Dōngguǎn 、Zhàoqìng 、Jiāngmén 、Huìzhōu děng jiǔ shì zǔchéng de chéngshì qún ，shì guójiā jiànshè shìjièjí chéngshì qún hé cānyù quánqiú jìngzhēng de zhòngyào zàitǐ ，yǔ Měiguó Niǔyuē wānqū Jiùjīnshān wānqū hé Rìběn Dōngjīng wānqū bǐjiān de shìjiè sìdà wānqū zhīyī 。

The Greater Bay project is a landmark initiative by the Chinese government and is a stride forward for China’s urbanization strategy after 40 years of economic reforms and expansion. It comprises two Special Administrative Regions- Hongkong and Macau and nine other cities in the Guangdong province -Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Zhongshan, Dongguan, Zhaoqing, Jiangmen and Huizhou. They are China’s ambition to create a world class city cluster to compete on the world stage - one that is on par to other city clusters such as Greater New York, San Francisco Bay Area and Greater Tokyo Area.

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开放包容。古丝绸之路跨越尼罗河流域、底格里斯河和幼发拉底河流域、印度河和恒河流域、黄河和长江流域，跨越埃及文明、巴比伦文明、印度文明、中华文明的发祥地，跨越佛教、基督教、伊斯兰教信众的汇集地，跨越不同国度和肤色人民的聚居地。

kāifàng bāoróng 。gǔ SīchóuzhīLù kuàyuè NíluóHé liúyù 、DǐgélǐsīHé hé YòufālādǐHé liúyù 、YìndùHé hé HéngHé liúyù 、HuángHé hé Chángjiāngliúyù ，kuàyuè Āijí wénmíng 、Bābǐlún wénmíng 、Yìndù wénmíng 、Zhōnghuá wénmíng de fāxiángdì ，kuàyuè Fójiào 、Jīdūjiào 、Yīsīlánjiào xìnzhòng de huìjí de ，kuàyuè bùtóng guódù hé fūsè rénmín de jùjūdì 。

Openness and Tolerance. The old Silk Road spanned the Nile, Tigris and Euphrates river basins, the Indus and the Ganges river basins, the Yellow river and the Yangtze river deltas, spanning the cradle of the Egyptian, Babylonian, Indian and Chinese civilizations, the gathering places for Buddhists, Christians and Muslims, different nations and the homelands of people of different skin colors.

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宋代文学家苏轼的《念奴娇》一词为宋词豪放派的代表作之一，又名《赤壁怀古》。上阙因景生情，从江水滔滔流去联想到消逝在历史长河中的英雄人物，人说赤壁为三国时代古战场，当年周公瑾在此，以弱胜强，击退曹魏，确立三国鼎立之势。

Sòng Dài wénxuéjiā Sū Shì de 《 niànnújiāo 》yī cí wèi Sòngcí háofàng pài de dàibiǎozuò zhīyī ，yòu míng 《 Chìbì huái gǔ 》。shàng què yīn jǐng shēng qíng ，cóng jiāng shuǐ tāotāo liú qù liánxiǎng dào xiāoshì zài lìshǐ cháng hé zhōng de yīngxióng rénwù ，rén shuō Chìbì wèi Sānguó shídài gǔ zhànchǎng ，dāngnián Zhōu Gōngjǐn zài cǐ ，yǐ ruò shèng strong ，jītuì Cáowèi ，quèlì Sānguó dǐnglì zhī shì 。

Song Dynasty literati Su Shi's ci poem 'The Charm of the Courtesan Niannu' is representative of the bold and unconstrained ci faction, and is also called 'Recalling the Past on the Red Cliffs'. The first section uses the landscape to set the tone, from the gurgling flow of the river we think of the historical figures who have disappeared in the river of time. It is said that the red cliffs were the site of an ancient battle during the Three Kingdoms Period. At that time Zhou Yu triumphed from a position of weakness here, forcing the Cao Wei to retreat and ensuring the continuance of the triumvirate states.

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那撒向江水的一樽酒，便连接了这虚幻与真实，仿佛穿越了时空，把诗人孤单却激越的情怀投入了那冠盖云集的古三国战场上，也让他寂寥的心得到了些许慰藉。

nà sā xiàng jiāng shuǐ de yī zūn jiǔ ，biàn liánjiē le zhè xūhuàn yǔ zhēnshí ，fǎngfú chuānyuè le shíkōng ，bǎ shīrén gūdān què jīyuè de qínghuái tóurù le nà guàngàiyúnjí de gǔ guó zhànchǎng shàng ，yě ràng tā jìliáo de xīn dédào le xiē xǔ wèijiè 。

The cup of alcohol sprinkled on the river water, links the illusory with the real, as if passing through time and space, infusing the poet's lonely yet intense mood into the overcast skies of the battleground of the Three Kingdoms, giving some consolation to his lonely heart.

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词末以人生如梦之叹，转樽酒敬江月为结，梦与江月皆属虚幻，孑然一身的孤独却又十分真实，人生境遇多苦，与其沉溺，不如放开胸怀、喝酒赏月，方不失洒脱。

cí mò yǐ rénshēng rú mèng zhī tàn ，zhuǎn zūnjiǔ jìng jiāngyuè wèi jié ，mèng yǔ jiāngyuè jiē shǔ xūhuàn ，jiérán yīshēn de gūdú què yòu shífēn zhēnshí ，rénshēng jìngyù duō kǔ ，yǔqí chénnì ，bùrú fàngkāi xiōnghuái 、hējiǔ shǎng yuè ，fāng bùshī sǎtuō 。

The poem ends with exasperation at how life is like a dream, and ends with a toast to the moon's reflection on the river. Both the dreams and the moon on the river's surface are illusory, the lonely solitude is quite real. Rather than wallowing in the pain of one's life circumstance, it's perhaps better to open one's mind, and drink while admiring the moon, letting go of all constraints.

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