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高峡出平湖

高峽出平湖
gāoxiáchūpínghú
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 a flat lake emerges from a high gorge
  2. 2 poetic image of damming the Yangtze at the Three Gorges
  3. 3 line from Mao Zedong's 1956 ci poem 'Swimming'

Examples

三峡大坝建成后，真的出现了"高峡出平湖"的景象。
Sānxiá Dàbà jiànchéng hòu, zhēn de chūxiàn le 'gāo xiá chū píng hú' de jǐngxiàng.
After the Three Gorges Dam was built, the image of 'a flat lake emerging from high gorges' truly appeared.
他用"高峡出平湖"来形容水库建成后的壮观场面。
Tā yòng 'gāo xiá chū píng hú' lái xíngróng shuǐkù jiànchéng hòu de zhuàngguān chǎngmiàn.
He used the line 'a flat lake from high gorges' to describe the majestic sight after the reservoir was built.

In Pop Culture

三峡大坝 Sānxiá Dàbà
Three Gorges Dam
World's largest hydroelectric dam on the Yangtze, completed in 2003 — often said to have realized Mao's poetic vision.

Stroke Order

高 gāo
峡 xiá
出 chū
平 píng
湖 hú