永州市

Yǒngzhōushì
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Yongzhou (prefecture-level city in Hunan)

Examples

HSK 5
Yǒngzhōushì zài Húnán nánbù.
Yongzhou is in southern Hunan.
HSK 7-9
Liǔ Zōng yuán bèi biǎn dào Yǒng zhōu shí xiě le 《 Yǒng zhōu Bā Jì 》.
Liu Zongyuan wrote 'Eight Records of Yongzhou' while exiled there.

Tips

history
Tang dynasty poet 柳宗元 (773–819) was exiled to Yongzhou for ten years after a failed reform. There he wrote 《永州八记》 (Eight Records of Yongzhou) and 《捕蛇者说》 (Snake Catcher's Tale), now classics of Chinese prose that every high school student reads.

Stroke Order

永 yǒng
州 zhōu
市 shì