Yuán
noun #29,949

Meanings

  1. 1 the Yuan River (a major river flowing through Guizhou and Hunan provinces)

Examples

Yuán Jiāng shì Húnán Shěng de zhòngyào héliú zhī yī.
The Yuan River is one of the major rivers in Hunan Province.
Qū Yuán céng zài Yuán shuǐ liúyù liúwáng, xiě xià le xǔduō shīpiān.
Qu Yuan once wandered in exile in the Yuan River basin and composed many poems there.

Tips

culture
The Yuan River basin is historically associated with Qu Yuan (屈原), the great patriotic poet of the Warring States period, who is commemorated by the Dragon Boat Festival.

Stroke Order

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