下邳

Xiàpī
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Xiapi, ancient city in what is now northern Jiangsu, near Pizhou and Suining

Examples

HSK 4
Xiàpī zài jīntiān de Jiāngsū běibù.
Xiapi was in what is now northern Jiangsu.
HSK 6
Cáo Cāo yǐn shuǐ yān le Xiàpī, zuìhòu zhuāzhù le Lǚ Bù.
Cao Cao flooded Xiapi and in the end captured Lü Bu.

Tips

history
邳 is read pī, as in 邳州; the ruins lie in today's 睢宁 county. 吕布 was captured here in 198, and here, centuries earlier, the young 张良 met an old man on a bridge (圯) who gave him a book on warfare: the legend of 黄石公.

Stroke Order

下 xià
邳 pī