瞿塘峡

瞿塘峽
Qútáng Xiá
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Qutang Gorge, the shortest and westernmost of the Three Gorges of the Yangtze

Examples

HSK 3
Qútáng Xiá shì Sānxiá zhōng zuì duǎn de yí duàn.
The Qutang Gorge is the shortest of the Three Gorges.
HSK 7-9
Shí yuán rénmínbì bèimiàn yìn de jiùshì Qútáng Xiá de Kuímén.
What is printed on the back of the ten-yuan note is Kuimen, at the Qutang Gorge.

Tips

culture
Only about 8 km long, it begins at 白帝城 by 奉节 in Chongqing, where 李白 set out in 《早发白帝城》. Its entrance between two cliffs, 夔门, gave the saying 夔门天下雄, 'Kuimen, the mightiest under heaven'.

Stroke Order

瞿 qú
塘 táng
峡 xiá