赤县神州

赤縣神州

Chìxiàn Shénzhōu

proper noun

Meanings

1 Chixian Shenzhou, 'the Crimson County, the Divine Land', a classical name for China

Characters

Examples

HSK 3

他走遍赤县神州，写下了几十本游记。

Tā zǒubiàn Chìxiàn Shénzhōu, xiěxià le jǐshí běn yóujì.

He travelled the length and breadth of China and wrote dozens of travel books.

HSK 4

邹衍把中国叫作赤县神州。

Zōu Yǎn bǎ Zhōngguó jiàozuò Chìxiàn Shénzhōu.

Zou Yan called China the Crimson County, the Divine Land.

Tips

history

邹衍 taught that the world holds nine great continents of nine regions each, and that China, which he named 赤县神州, is only one of the 81. The 史记 records the idea. Its second half, 神州, became the everyday poetic name for China.

Stroke Order

赤 chì

县 xiàn

神 shén

州 zhōu