江南
Jiāng nán
Pinyin

Definition

江南
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Jiāng nán
  1. south of Changjiang or Yangtze river
  2. south of the lower reaches of Changjiang
  3. often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces
  4. a province during Qing times
  5. in literature, refers to the sunny south
  6. Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)

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
南昌
Nán chāng
  1. 1 Nanchang prefecture level city and capital of Jiangxi province 江西省 in southeast China
  2. 2 also Nanchang county

Idioms (20)

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)
人在江湖，身不由己
rén zài jiāng hú , shēn bù yóu jǐ
  1. 1 you can't always do as you like
  2. 2 one has to compromise in this world (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

Sample Sentences

别老想小说里的事了，这大观园就是个公园，好好欣赏一下江南园林的风格吧。
bié lǎo xiǎng xiǎoshuō lǐ de matter le ，zhè dàguānyuán jiù shì gè gōngyuán ，hǎohāo xīnshǎng yīxià Jiāngnán yuánlín de fēnggé ba 。
Don't just go thinking about the stuff from the novel. The Prospect Garden is a park-- enjoy the Yangtze Delta area scenery and style.
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加热过的黄酒，营养丰富，酒香四溢，暖胃活血，尤其适合在江南的冬季小酌。在老街的酒铺里，见到那些划乌篷船的老爹爹，坐在四条腿的方桌旁，取一只浅浅的土陶碗，倒一碗黄酒，剥几粒茴香，细品慢嚼，悠然自得。
jiārè guò de huángjiǔ ，yíngyǎng fēngfù ，jiǔ xiāng sìyì ，nuǎn wèi huó xiě ，yóuqí shìhé zài Jiāngnán de dōngjì xiǎozhuó 。zài lǎojiē de jiǔpù lǐ ，jiàndào nàxiē huá wūpéngchuán de lǎodiēdie ，zuò zài sì tiáo tuǐ de fāng zhuō páng ，qǔ yī zhī qiǎnqiǎn de tǔtáowǎn ，dào yī wǎn huángjiǔ ，bāo jǐ lì huíxiāng ，xì pǐn màn jiáo ，yōuránzìdé 。
Warm huangjiu is very nutritious and particulary fragrant. It will warm your belly and improve your circulation. It's particularly suitable for drinking in winter in the area south of the Yangtze river. You see those old men who row the famous black-awning boats in the wine shops of the old street sitting beside the four legged square tables, picking up a shallow clay bowl, pouring in huangjiu, and peeling a few aniseed flavoured broad beans, sipping daintily at the wine while chewing slowly, at ease and content.
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当梦被埋在江南烟雨中。
dāng mèng bèi máizài Jiāngnán yān yǔ zhōng 。
Bury that dream in the mists of Jiangnan
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曹操正继续南下，将和我们决战于赤壁。他们的来意非常明显，就是要把我们消灭，进而控制江南和中原。
Cáo Cāo zhèng jìxù nán xià ，jiāng hé wǒmen juézhàn yú Chìbì 。tāmen de láiyì fēicháng míngxiǎn ，jiùshì yào bǎ wǒmen xiāomiè ，jìnér kòngzhì Jiāngnán hé Zhōngyuán 。
Cao Cao is continuing south as we speak. He's going to fight a decisive battle with us at the Red Cliffs. His reason for coming is very obvious-- he wants to annihilate us, and get control of the area south of the Yangtze River and the Central plateau.
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噢，告诉你，我还看到沙漠绿洲了。江南的景色竟然能在那里出现，多神奇啊！
ò ，gàosu nǐ ，wǒ hái kàndào shāmòlǜzhōu le 。jiāngnán de jǐngsè jìngrán néng zài nàli chūxiàn ，duō shénqí a ！
Ah, and I'll tell you what, I also saw an oasis! Amazingly, you can see scenery from the Yangtze River delta there! It's amazing!
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黄酒起初也像白酒一样，全国各地有自己的酿造传统。可是因为白酒发展得太快了，导致黄酒的产地也受到影响，逐渐缩小到江南一带。
huángjiǔ qǐchū yě xiàng báijiǔ yīyàng ，quánguó gèdì yǒu zìjǐ de niàngzào chuántǒng 。kěshì yīnwèi báijiǔ fāzhǎn de tài kuài le ，dǎozhì huángjiǔ de chǎndì yě shòudào yǐngxiǎng ，zhújiàn suōxiǎo dào jiāngnán yīdài 。
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说起来倒挺好玩的。不过黄酒之所以成为江南的特产，还是因为白酒的“压制”。
shuō qǐlái dào tǐng hǎowán de 。bùguò huángjiǔ zhīsuǒyǐ chéngwéi jiāngnán de tèchǎn ，háishì yīnwèi báijiǔ de “yāzhì ”。
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可是黄酒也不差。它是中国最好的酿造酒。细腻的口味很能代表细腻的江南文化。
kěshì huángjiǔ yě bù chà 。tā shì Zhōngguó zuìhǎo de niàngzào jiǔ 。xìnì de kǒuwèi hěn néng dàibiǎo xìnì de jiāngnán wénhuà 。
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就是，就是。她那句“额滴神”可是红遍大江南北，无人不晓啊。
jiùshì ，jiùshì 。tā nà jù “é dī shén ”kěshì hóng biàn dàjiāngnánběi ，wúrénbùxiǎo ā 。
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