香格里拉

Xiānggélǐlā

proper noun #20,153

Meanings

1 Shangri-La
2 an earthly paradise
3 Shangri-La city in Yunnan province

Characters

Examples

香格里拉是詹姆斯·希尔顿小说中的世外桃源。

Xiānggélǐlā shì Zhānmǔsī Xīěrdùn xiǎoshuō zhōng de shìwài táoyuán.

Shangri-La is the paradise from James Hilton's novel.

云南的香格里拉风景优美，吸引了大批游客。

Yúnnán de Xiānggélǐlā fēngjǐng yōuměi, xīyǐn le dà pī yóukè.

The Shangri-La in Yunnan has beautiful scenery that attracts many tourists.

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history

The name comes from James Hilton's 1933 novel 'Lost Horizon', describing a mystical Himalayan utopia where people live in harmony and never age. In 2001, China renamed Zhongdian County in Yunnan to 香格里拉 for tourism purposes.

In Pop Culture

《消失的地平线》 Xiāoshī de Dìpíngxiàn

Lost Horizon

James Hilton's 1933 novel that coined the term Shangri-La as a Himalayan utopia

Stroke Order

香 xiāng

格 gé

里 lǐ

拉 lā