channel; moat; irrigation canal

surname Qu

how can it be that?

(artificial) stream; canal; drain; ditch (CL:條|条[tiao2]); (literary) big; great; (dialect) he; she; him; her; (old) rim of a carriage wheel; felloe

trunk canal

(open, uncovered) water channel; canal

underground water channel; covered ditch; culvert

canal

rivers and canals; waterway

Qu County or Quxian, a county in Dazhou City 達州市|达州市[Da2 zhou1 Shi4], Sichuan

trench

rebel leader; ringleader; bandit chieftain

irrigation channel

Lingqu, canal in Xing'an county 興安|兴安[Xing1 an1], Guangxi, built in 214 BC to link the Yangtze 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1] to the Pearl River 珠江[Zhu1 jiang1]

Sêrxü county (Tibetan: ser shul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet); name of several historical figures

stone channel (e.g. drain)

Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang

Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder

drainage

irrigation channel

Sêrxü, a county in Garzê Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[Gan1 zi1 Zang4 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 zhou1], Sichuan

cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1] as state canon

Zhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC

Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang

outflow channel

lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom); fig. when conditions are right, success will follow naturally

cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[Wu3 jing1] as state canon