淝水

Féishuǐ
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Fei River, river in central Anhui, where the Eastern Jin routed the army of the Former Qin in 383

Examples

HSK 4
Féishuǐ shì Ānhuī zhōngbù de yì tiáo hé.
The Fei is a river in central Anhui.
HSK 7-9
Dōngjìn jūnduì zài Féishuǐ dǎbài le Qiánqín de dàjūn.
On the Fei River the army of the Eastern Jin defeated the great host of the Former Qin.

Tips

history
The battle, 淝水之战, left two idioms. Before it, 苻坚 looked out at the hills from the city wall and took every tree and bush for an enemy soldier: 草木皆兵. After it, his fleeing men heard pursuers in the wind and in the cries of cranes: 风声鹤唳.

Stroke Order

淝 féi
水 shuǐ