钱江

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)

钱塘自古繁华 qiántángzìgǔfánhuá

Qiantang has been prosperous since ancient times / (fig.) Hangzhou's enduring reputation as a splendid metropolis / (lit.) Qiantang since-old flourishing

西江 XīJiāng

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

恰似一江春水向东流 qiàsìyījiāngchūnshuǐxiàngdōngliú

just like a river of spring water flowing east / Li Yu's most famous image — sorrow, immeasurable, flows on like the river and cannot be stopped

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

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

浦江 Pǔjiāng

Pujiang (Zhejiang county) / the Huangpu River (short form)

日出江花红胜火 rìchūjiānghuāhóngshènghuǒ

at sunrise the river flowers are redder than fire / river-bank blossoms lit by morning sun, blazing against the green water / lit. sun-rising river-flowers — red surpassing fire

珠江 Zhūjiāng #63,065

Pearl River / major river system of southern China, emptying into the South China Sea at Guangzhou