南岭

南嶺
Nánlǐng
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Meanings

  1. 1 the Nanling Mountains, a range across southern China spanning Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi

Examples

Nánlǐng shì Chángjiāng liúyù hé Zhūjiāng liúyù de fēnshuǐlǐng.
The Nanling range forms the watershed between the Yangtze and Pearl River basins.
Nánlǐng yǐ nán de qìhòu míngxiǎn bǐ běifāng shīrè.
The climate south of the Nanling is noticeably more humid and hot than in the north.

Tips

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Also called 'Five Ranges' — the historical barrier that separated the Han heartland from 岭南 (Lǐngnán, 'south of the ranges'), today's Guangdong and Guangxi. Crossing 南岭 was a long-running theme in Tang exile poetry.

Stroke Order

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