太阳照在桑干河上

Traditional form:

太陽照在桑乾河上

Pinyin (reading):

Tàiyáng Zhào Zài Sānggān Hé Shàng

Definitions:

• The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River, proletarian novel by Ding Ling, winner of 1951 Stalin prize

Characters:

• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 阳 - the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open
• 照 - to shine, to reflect, to illuminate
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 桑 - mulberry tree; surname
• 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous

Traditional characters:

• 太 - very, too much; big; extreme
• 陽 - the male principle; bright, sunny; clear, lit, open
• 照 - to shine, to reflect, to illuminate
• 在 - at, in, on; to exist; used to indicate the present progressive tense
• 桑 - mulberry tree; surname
• 乾 - arid, dry; to fertilize; to penetrate; heavenly generative principle (male)
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
• 上 - above, on top, superior; to go up; to attend; previous