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高平

Gāopíng
proper noun #94,093

Meanings

  1. 1 Gaoping (county-level city in Jincheng, Shanxi province)
  2. 2 site of the famous Battle of Changping (260 BCE) where Qin forces reportedly buried 400,000 surrendered Zhao soldiers alive

Examples

HSK 4
高平市位于山西省东南部。
Gāopíng shì wèiyú Shānxīshěng dōngnánbù.
Gaoping City is located in southeastern Shanxi province.
HSK 7-9
长平之战的遗址就在今天的高平。
Chángpíng zhī zhàn de yízhǐ jiù zài jīntiān de Gāopíng.
The site of the Battle of Changping is in modern-day Gaoping.

Tips

history
In 260 BCE, Qin general Bai Qi 白起 crushed the Zhao army here at 长平 (modern 高平). Ancient sources say 400,000 surrendered Zhao troops were buried alive - a mass-grave excavation at 高平永录 in 1995 confirmed large-scale skeletal remains, lending physical evidence to the chronicle.

Stroke Order

高 gāo
平 píng