珠江
Zhū jiāng
Pinyin

Definition

珠江
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Zhū jiāng
  1. Pearl River (Guangdong)

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

míng zhū
  1. 1 pearl
  2. 2 jewel (of great value)
Jiāng
  1. 1 surname Jiang
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)
Jiāng shān
  1. 1 Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qú zhōu], Zhejiang
jiāng hú
  1. 1 rivers and lakes
  2. 2 all corners of the country
  3. 3 remote areas to which hermits retreat
  4. 4 section of society operating independently of mainstream society, out of reach of the law
  5. 5 the milieu in which wuxia tales play out (cf. 武俠|武侠[wǔ xiá])
  6. 6 (in late imperial times) world of traveling merchants, itinerant doctors, fortune tellers etc
  7. 7 demimonde
  8. 8 (in modern times) triads
  9. 9 secret gangster societies
  10. 10 underworld

Idioms (20)

不吝珠玉
bù lìn zhū yù
  1. 1 lit. do not begrudge gems of wisdom (idiom, humble expr.); fig. Please give me your frank opinion.
  2. 2 Your criticism will be most valuable.
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)
剖腹藏珠
pōu fù cáng zhū
  1. 1 lit. cutting one's stomach to hide a pearl (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. wasting a lot of effort on trivialities
大江南北
Dà jiāng nán běi
  1. 1 north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. 2 (fig.) all over China
妙语如珠
miào yǔ rú zhū
  1. 1 sparkling with wit (idiom)

Sample Sentences

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.
在中国广东那里,有珠江。
zài Zhōngguó Guǎngdōng nàlǐ ,yǒu Zhūjiāng 。
In China's Guangdong there's the Pearl River.
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