滁州

Chúzhōu

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chuzhou, city in eastern Anhui, near Nanjing

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

从南京坐高铁到滁州只要二十多分钟。

Cóng Nánjīng zuò gāotiě dào Chúzhōu zhǐyào èrshí duō fēnzhōng.

From Nanjing, the high-speed train to Chuzhou takes only twenty-odd minutes.

HSK 7-9

欧阳修被贬到滁州以后，常常和朋友到琅琊山上喝酒。

Ōuyáng Xiū bèi biǎn dào Chúzhōu yǐhòu, chángcháng hé péngyou dào Lángyáshān shàng hējiǔ.

After Ouyang Xiu was demoted to Chuzhou, he often went drinking with friends on Langya Hill.

Tips

culture

Ouyang Xiu wrote his essay on the Old Drunkard's Pavilion (醉翁亭) here in 1046. It opens 环滁皆山也, 'all around Chu are hills', and the pavilion still stands on 琅琊山 just outside the city. The essay also gave Chinese the saying 醉翁之意不在酒, 'the old drunkard's mind is not on the wine'.

In Pop Culture

滁州西涧 Chúzhōu Xījiàn

West Stream at Chuzhou

Wei Yingwu's Tang quatrain, written while he was prefect here and known for its last line 野渡无人舟自横, an empty ferry boat drifting crosswise.

Stroke Order

滁 Chú

州 zhōu