京杭运河
Traditional form:
京杭運河
Pinyin (reading):
Jīng Háng Yùnhé
Definitions:
- the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
Characters:
- 京 - capital city
- 杭 - ford; surname
- 运 - to run; ship, transport; fortune, luck
- 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
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