巫峡

巫峽
Wūxiá
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Wu Gorge, the middle one of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze

Examples

HSK 3
Zuòchuán jīngguò Wūxiá, kěyǐ yuǎnyuǎn kàndào Shénnǚfēng.
Passing through the Wu Gorge by boat, you can see the Goddess Peak in the distance.
HSK 7-9
Wūxiá shì Chángjiāng Sānxiá zhōng de dì'èr ge xiágǔ.
The Wu Gorge is the second of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze.

Tips

culture
The gorge cuts through 巫山, whose goddess visited a king of Chu in a dream, the story behind 神女峰 and the literary phrase 巫山云雨, a polite way to speak of lovemaking. The Three Gorges (三峡) are 瞿塘峡, 巫峡 and 西陵峡.

Stroke Order

巫 wū
峡 xiá