长平

長平

Chángpíng

proper noun

Meanings

1 Changping, ancient site in today's Gaoping, Shanxi, where Qin crushed Zhao in 260 BC

Characters

Examples

HSK 6

长平一战以后，赵国再也没有力量和秦国对抗了。

Chángpíng yí zhàn yǐhòu, Zhàoguó zàiyě méiyou lìliang hé Qínguó duìkàng le.

After the battle of Changping, Zhao never again had the strength to stand up to Qin.

HSK 7-9

秦国在长平打败了赵国。

Qínguó zài Chángpíng dǎbài le Zhàoguó.

Qin defeated Zhao at Changping.

Tips

history

At the Battle of Changping (长平之战) the Qin general Bai Qi (白起) trapped the Zhao army and, by tradition, buried some 400,000 prisoners alive. Zhao had just replaced its veteran general with young Zhao Kuo (赵括), whose book-learned strategy gave Chinese the idiom 纸上谈兵, 'fighting battles on paper'.

mistakes

长 here is read cháng, 'long'. Beijing's district 昌平 sounds almost the same but has a first tone and a different character.

Stroke Order

长 cháng

平 píng