江陵

Jiānglíng

proper noun #39,274

Meanings

HSK 5

江陵就是今天湖北的荆州。

Jiānglíng jiùshì jīntiān Húběi de Jīngzhōu.

Jiangling is today's Jingzhou in Hubei.

HSK 6

三国时期，江陵是各方都想夺取的重镇。

Sānguó shíqī, Jiānglíng shì gèfāng dōu xiǎng duóqǔ de zhòngzhèn.

In the Three Kingdoms period Jiangling was a key city that every side wanted to take.

culture

Li Bai's line 千里江陵一日还, "a thousand li to Jiangling, back in a single day", made the city a byword for a fast trip down the Yangtze.

usage

Today 江陵县 is a county under Jingzhou, while the old walled city stands in Jingzhou's urban district.

江 jiāng

陵 líng