the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
trad. 京杭大運河
Also written 京杭大運河【Jīng Háng Dà Yùn hé】
Characters in this word
5京
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surname Jing, short name for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1], Gin or Jing, ethnic minority of China, descendants of ethnic Vietnamese people living mainly in Guangxi, Kinh, the ethnic majority in Vietnam
- Pinyin
- Jīng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 40672 of 2500
杭
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surname Hang, abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1]
- Pinyin
- Háng
- Strokes
- 8
大
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big; large; great, older (than another person), eldest (as in 大姐[da4 jie3]), greatly; freely; fully, (dialect) father, (dialect) uncle (father's brother)
- Pinyin
- dà
- Strokes
- 3
- Frequency
- 199 of 2500
运
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to move, to transport, to use, to apply, fortune, luck, fate
- Pinyin
- yùn
- Traditional
- 運
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9634 of 2500
河
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river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]), (bound form) the Yellow River, (bound form) the Milky Way, (bound form) (on restaurant menus) rice noodles 河粉[he2 fen3]
- Pinyin
- hé
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 4501 of 2500