嘉陵江

千里江陵一日还 qiānlǐJiānglíngyīrìhuán

a thousand li to Jiangling, returned in a single day / covering a vast distance to Jiangling in one day / (lit.) thousand-li Jiangling, one-day return

江南与江北 jiāngnányǔjiāngběi

Jiangnan and Jiangbei (south and north of the Yangtze) / (fig.) two shores, two regions — both separated and linked by the great river / (lit.) River-South and River-North

江 jiāng HSK 4 #7,445

river (large) / the Yangtze River (when used alone)

渠江 Qújiāng

Qu River (tributary of the Jialing River in Sichuan) / Qu River (tributary of the Zi River in Hunan, source of Qujiang Bozi tea)

西江 XīJiāng

Xi River / West River (largest tributary of the Pearl River, flowing through Guangxi and Guangdong)

君住长江头 jūnzhùchángjiāngtóu

you live at the Yangtze's head (its upper reaches) / (rare textual variant) I live at the river's head, said of the narrator — see note / (lit.) you (or I) live at the Long River's head

君住长江尾 jūnzhùchángjiāngwěi

you live at the Yangtze's tail (its lower reaches) / (fig.) we are bound to the same river, but kept far apart / (lit.) you live at the Long River's tail

春江潮水连海平 chūnjiāngcháoshuǐliánhǎipíng

the spring river's tide rises level with the sea / (fig.) a vast, merging horizon where river and ocean become one / (lit.) spring-river tide-water joins sea level

春来江水绿如蓝 chūnláijiāngshuǐlǜrúlán

when spring comes, the river water is green as indigo / the river turns a deep blue-green with the season / lit. spring comes — river water — green as indigo

大江 dàjiāng

great river / large river (in classical usage, specifically the Yangtze)