秦淮

秦川牛 qínchuānniú

Qinchuan cattle / native Chinese beef-and-draft breed from the Wei River plain of Shaanxi

淮南市 HuáinánShì

Huainan (prefecture-level city in central Anhui, north of the Huai River)

橘生淮南则为橘 júshēnghuáinánzéwéijú

oranges grown south of the Huai River are oranges / environment transforms nature / line from the Yanzi Chunqiu illustrating how context shapes character

生于淮北则为枳 shēngyúhuáiběizéwéizhǐ

grown north of the Huai River it becomes the bitter trifoliate orange / the same thing changes nature with its environment / companion line to 橘生淮南则为橘 from Yanzi Chunqiu

秦川肉牛 qínchuānròuniú

Qinchuan beef cattle (native Chinese breed from Shaanxi)

秦妈 Qínmā

Qinma (Chongqing hot-pot chain)

秦人不暇自哀 qínrénbùxiázìāi

the people of Qin had no leisure to mourn themselves / Du Mu's grim line on the fall of the Qin — their doom came so fast no one had time to grieve

秦时明月汉时关 qínshímíngyuèhànshíguān

the moon of the Qin shines still, the pass of the Han remains / Wang Changling's frontier opener — centuries have passed but the same moon rises over the same walls

秦始皇 Qínshǐhuáng #48,412

Qin Shi Huang (first emperor of unified China)

淮南虫 huáinánchóng

Huainanvermis (Precambrian fossil organism from Anhui, China)