母亲河

母親河

mǔqīnhé

noun

Measure Word

一条母亲河 tiáo

Meanings

1 mother river
2 river regarded as the cradle of a people or region

Characters

Examples

HSK 5

为了保护母亲河，这座城市关闭了河边的许多工厂。

Wèile bǎohù mǔqīnhé, zhè zuò chéngshì guānbì le hébiān de xǔduō gōngchǎng.

To protect its mother river, the city closed many factories along the bank.

HSK 6

黄河是中华民族的母亲河。

Huánghé shì Zhōnghuá mínzú de mǔqīnhé.

The Yellow River is the mother river of the Chinese nation.

Tips

culture

Usually in the frame "X is the mother river of Y": the 黄河 for the Chinese nation as a whole, and many smaller rivers for the city or province that grew up along them, such as the 汾河 for Shanxi.

Stroke Order

母 mǔ

亲 qīn

河 hé