the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
trad. 天低吳楚，眼空無物
Also written 天低吳楚，眼空無物【tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù】
Characters in this word
8天
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day, sky, heaven
- Pinyin
- tiān
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 211 of 2500
低
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low, beneath, to lower (one's head), to let droop, to hang down, to incline
- Pinyin
- dī
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 2518 of 2500
吴
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surname Wu, area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai, name of states in southern China at different historical periods
- Pinyin
- Wú
- Traditional
- 吳
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 9156 of 2500
楚
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surname Chu, abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together, Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)
- Pinyin
- Chǔ
- Strokes
- 13
- Frequency
- 28528 of 2500
眼
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eye (CL:隻|只[zhi1],雙|双[shuang1]), (often used with 一[yi1]) a look; a glance, small hole, (bound form) salient point, classifier for wells, cave-dwellings etc
- Pinyin
- yǎn
- Strokes
- 11
- Frequency
- 4324 of 2500
空
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empty, air, sky, in vain
- Pinyin
- kōng
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 2458 of 2500
无
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used in 南無|南无[na1 mo2]
- Pinyin
- mó
- Traditional
- 無
- Strokes
- 4
- Frequency
- 1404 of 2500
物
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(bound form) thing, (literary) the outside world as distinct from oneself; people other than oneself
- Pinyin
- wù
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 6704 of 2500