泗水

Sìshuǐ

proper noun

Meanings

HSK 3

泗水是印度尼西亚第二大城市。

Sìshuǐ shì Yìndùníxīyà dì'èr dà chéngshì.

Surabaya is the second-largest city in Indonesia.

HSK 7-9

泗水流经孔子的家乡曲阜。

Sìshuǐ liújīng Kǒngzǐ de jiāxiāng Qūfù.

The Si River flows past Qufu, the hometown of Confucius.

history

Before he rose against Qin, Liu Bang (刘邦) was the 亭长, head of a local post, at Sishui in Pei county, a post named after the river.

culture

With the Zhu River (洙水) it frames 曲阜, so 洙泗, 'the Zhu and the Si', became a literary name for Confucius and his teaching.

泗 sì

水 shuǐ