二十四桥

二十四橋

Èrshísì Qiáo

proper noun

Meanings

1 the Twenty-Four Bridges of Tang Yangzhou, famous from a line by Du Mu; today a rebuilt bridge on Slender West Lake

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

二十四桥到底是二十四座桥还是一座桥，人们至今还在争论。

Èrshísì Qiáo dàodǐ shì èrshísì zuò qiáo háishi yí zuò qiáo, rénmen zhìjīn hái zài zhēnglùn.

People still argue over whether the Twenty-Four Bridges were twenty-four bridges or a single one.

HSK 7-9

扬州的二十四桥很有名。

Yángzhōu de Èrshísì Qiáo hěn yǒumíng.

Yangzhou's Twenty-Four Bridge is famous.

Tips

history

The Song scholar 沈括 listed twenty-four bridges in Tang Yangzhou. Later writers held that it was one bridge, and a legend names it after twenty-four beauties who once played the flute there. The single-arch bridge in 瘦西湖 park today is a modern rebuilding.

culture

杜牧's line 二十四桥明月夜 "the Twenty-Four Bridges on a moonlit night" made the name. Centuries later the Song poet 姜夔 answered it, writing that the bridges still stood while a cold moon lit the water in silence.

Stroke Order

二 èr

十 shí

四 sì

桥 qiáo