留园

留園
Liúyuán
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 the Lingering Garden, in Suzhou

Examples

HSK 6
Liúyuán shì Sūzhōu zuì yǒumíng de yuánlín zhīyī.
The Lingering Garden is one of the most famous gardens in Suzhou.
HSK 7-9
Liúyuán lǐ de Guànyúnfēng shì yí kuài hěn gāo de tàihúshí.
The Cloud-Capped Peak in the Lingering Garden is a very tall Taihu rock.

Tips

memory
Built in the Ming and later owned by a family named 刘, it was long called the 刘园. When 盛康 rebuilt it in the 1870s he kept the sound and changed the character to 留 'to linger'.
culture
One of China's four great gardens, with the 拙政园 in Suzhou, the 颐和园 in Beijing and the 避暑山庄 in Chengde. It has been a World Heritage site since 1997.

Stroke Order

留 liú
园 yuán