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极目楚天舒

極目楚天舒
jímùChǔtiānshū
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 gaze to the limit, and the Chu sky opens wide
  2. 2 the sky above the old Chu lands stretches boundlessly
  3. 3 Mao Zedong's sweeping line from Swimming (1956)

Examples

登上黄鹤楼，真是极目楚天舒。
Dēng shàng Huánghèlóu, zhēn shì jí mù Chǔ tiān shū.
Climbing the Yellow Crane Tower — truly, gazing out, the Chu sky stretches wide.
武汉长江大桥通车时，毛泽东题词"极目楚天舒"。
Wǔhàn Chángjiāng Dàqiáo tōngchē shí, Máo Zédōng tící 'jí mù Chǔ tiān shū'.
When the Wuhan Yangtze Bridge opened, Mao inscribed 'gaze to the limit, the Chu sky opens wide.'

Stroke Order

极 jí
目 mù
楚 chǔ
天 tiān
舒 shū