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花重锦官城

花重錦官城
huā zhòng Jǐnguān chéng
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 flowers hang heavy over the Brocade City
  2. 2 rain-laden blossoms weigh down Chengdu
  3. 3 (lit.) flowers heavy in the Brocade Officer's City

Examples

一场春雨过后，果然花重锦官城。
Yī chǎng chūn yǔ guòhòu, guǒrán huāzhòngjǐnguānchéng.
After a spring rain, sure enough — flowers hung heavy over the Brocade City.
游客纷纷在成都打卡，体会花重锦官城的春意。
Yóukè fēnfēn zài Chéngdū dǎkǎ, tǐhuì huāzhòngjǐnguānchéng de chūnyì.
Tourists flock to Chengdu to feel the spring mood of 'flowers heavy over the Brocade City.'

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history
From Du Fu's (杜甫) Tang-dynasty poem 《春夜喜雨》 (Welcoming the Spring Night Rain). Full closing couplet: 『晓看红湿处，花重锦官城』— 'at dawn I look where the red is wet; blossoms weigh heavy over the Brocade City.' Written around 761 in Chengdu, where Du Fu was living in his famed thatched cottage (杜甫草堂).
usage
Jinguancheng (锦官城) is a classical alias for Chengdu — named after the Han-dynasty official who supervised its brocade trade (锦官). 重 here is zhòng (heavy), not chóng (again). The line evokes rain-soaked petals bowing under their own weight at daybreak.

Stroke Order

花 huā
重 zhòng
锦 jǐn
官 guān
城 chéng