桃花源

táohuāyuán

noun #92,892

Meanings

1 Peach Blossom Spring, the hidden village of Tao Yuanming's tale
2 an idyllic retreat; a utopia

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

这个小山村又安静又美丽，简直就是一个桃花源。

Zhège xiǎo shāncūn yòu ānjìng yòu měilì, jiǎnzhí jiùshì yí ge táohuāyuán.

This little mountain village is so quiet and beautiful, it's a real Peach Blossom Spring.

HSK 7-9

在陶渊明笔下的桃花源里，人们过着与世隔绝的平静生活。

Zài Táo Yuānmíng bǐxià de táohuāyuán lǐ, rénmen guò zhe yǔshì-géjué de píngjìng shēnghuó.

In the Peach Blossom Spring of Tao Yuanming's tale, people live peaceful lives cut off from the world.

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history

In 陶渊明's 《桃花源记》 (about 421), a fisherman follows a stream through a grove of peach blossoms, squeezes through a cave and finds a village whose people fled the wars of the Qin dynasty and know nothing of the Han, let alone the Wei and Jin. Once he leaves, no one can find the way back. The tale also gave the idiom 世外桃源.

Stroke Order

桃 táo

花 huā

源 yuán