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香格里拉

Xiānggélǐlā
proper noun #20,153

Meanings

  1. 1 Shangri-La
  2. 2 an earthly paradise
  3. 3 Shangri-La city in Yunnan province

Examples

HSK 6
云南的香格里拉风景优美，吸引了大批游客。
Yúnnán de Xiānggélǐlā fēngjǐng yōuměi, xīyǐn le dàpī yóukè.
The Shangri-La in Yunnan has beautiful scenery that attracts many tourists.
HSK 7-9
香格里拉是詹姆斯·希尔顿小说中的世外桃源。
Xiānggélǐlā shì Zhānmǔsī · Xī'ěrdùn xiǎoshuō zhōng de shìwài-táoyuán.
Shangri-La is the paradise from James Hilton's novel.

Tips

history
The name comes from James Hilton's 1933 novel 'Lost Horizon', describing a mystical Himalayan utopia where people live in harmony and never age. In 2001, China renamed Zhongdian County in Yunnan to 香格里拉 for tourism purposes.

In Pop Culture

《消失的地平线》 《 Xiāoshī de Dìpíngxiàn 》
Lost Horizon
《消失的地平线》, James Hilton's 1933 novel that coined the term Shangri-La as a Himalayan utopia.

Stroke Order

香 xiāng
格 gé
里 lǐ
拉 lā