常青藤

chángqīngténg
noun #22,770

Meanings

  1. 1 ivy (plant)
  2. 2 Ivy League (colleges)

Examples

Qiáng shàng pá mǎn le chángqīngténg.
The wall is covered with ivy.
Tā mèngxiǎng jìnrù chángqīngténg míngxiào dú shū.
She dreams of studying at an Ivy League school.
Chángqīngténg bā xiào dōu wèiyú Měiguó dōngběi bù.
All eight Ivy League schools are located in the northeastern United States.

Tips

culture
常青藤 refers to the eight Ivy League universities: Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Penn, Brown, Dartmouth, and Cornell. The name comes from the ivy plants that historically grew on their old brick buildings.

Stroke Order

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qīng
téng