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大渡桥横铁索寒

大渡橋橫鐵索寒
dàdùqiáohéngtiěsuǒhán
phrase

Meanings

  1. 1 the Dadu Bridge stretches across, its iron chains cold
  2. 2 (fig.) the Red Army's Luding Bridge crossing — a canonical Long March image
  3. 3 (lit.) Great-Crossing bridge crosswise iron-chain cold

Examples

金沙水拍云崖暖，大渡桥横铁索寒，是长征的血性记忆。
Jīnshā shuǐ pāi yún yá nuǎn, Dàdù qiáo héng tiěsuǒ hán, shì Chángzhēng de xuèxìng jìyì.
'Golden Sands waters slap warm cloud-cliffs; the Dadu Bridge stretches across, iron chains cold' — a blood-and-iron memory of the Long March.
纪念馆的墙上刻着大渡桥横铁索寒。
Jìniànguǎn de qiáng shàng kèzhe Dàdù qiáo héng tiěsuǒ hán.
Inscribed on the memorial-hall wall: 'the Dadu Bridge stretches across, iron chains cold.'

Tips

history
From 毛泽东《七律·长征》(Mao Zedong, October 1935), written at the end of the Long March: 红军不怕远征难，万水千山只等闲。五岭逶迤腾细浪，乌蒙磅礴走泥丸。金沙水拍云崖暖，大渡桥横铁索寒。更喜岷山千里雪，三军过后尽开颜 (The Red Army fears not the hardship of the long march; ten thousand waters, thousand mountains — mere trifles... Golden Sands waters slap warm cloud cliffs; the Dadu Bridge lies across, iron chains cold). 大渡桥 refers to the chain bridge at 泸定 (Luding) over the Dadu River, stormed by 22 Red Army soldiers on 29 May 1935 — the iconic Long March crossing.
usage
Always read as the couplet 金沙水拍云崖暖，大渡桥横铁索寒 — the warm/cold contrast (victory at Jinsha vs bloody crossing at Luding) is the line's engine. 铁索 = the bridge's thirteen iron chains.

Stroke Order

大 dà
渡 dù
桥 qiáo
横 héng
铁 tiě
索 suǒ
寒 hán