卢沟桥

盧溝橋

Lúgōuqiáo

proper noun

Meanings

1 Marco Polo Bridge, Jin-dynasty stone bridge in south-west Beijing, where the war with Japan broke out in 1937

Characters

Lu (from Lugou, an old name of the Yongding River)

Examples

HSK 7-9

卢沟桥上有几百个石狮子。

Lúgōuqiáo shàng yǒu jǐbǎi ge shíshīzi.

There are hundreds of stone lions on the Marco Polo Bridge.

HSK 7-9

日军在卢沟桥挑起事变以后，中国开始了全面抗战。

Rìjūn zài Lúgōuqiáo tiǎoqǐ shìbiàn yǐhòu, Zhōngguó kāishǐ le quánmiàn kàngzhàn.

After Japanese troops provoked the incident at the Marco Polo Bridge, China began its all-out war of resistance.

Tips

culture

Built in 1189–1192 and praised by Marco Polo, hence its English name, the bridge carries some five hundred carved lions, so many that Beijingers say 卢沟桥的狮子，数不清, 'the lions on the Lugou Bridge: too many to count'. 卢沟 is an old name of the Yongding River.

history

On the night of 7 July 1937 Japanese troops clashed with Chinese forces here. The Marco Polo Bridge Incident (卢沟桥事变, also 七七事变) began eight years of full-scale war.

Stroke Order

卢 Lú

沟 gōu

桥 qiáo