Lúnchuán shùnzhe Yángzǐjiāng yìzhí kāidào le Shànghǎi.
The steamer sailed down the Yangtze all the way to Shanghai.
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history
The name came from 扬子津, an old ferry crossing near 扬州. Western visitors met the river there and gave the local name, Yangtze, to the whole river, which in Chinese is 长江.
usage
The old name lives on in 扬子鳄 (the Chinese alligator) and in the Nanjing newspaper 扬子晚报.
