楚河汉界

Traditional form:

楚河漢界

Pinyin (reading):

Chǔhé Hànjiè

Definitions:

• lit. the river that divides Chu and Han
• fig. a line that divides rival territories
• the mid-line between sides on a Chinese chessboard

Characters:

• 楚 - clear, distinct; pain, suffering; surname
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
• 汉 - Chinese people; Chinese language
• 界 - boundary, limit; domain; society, the world

Traditional characters:

• 楚 - clear, distinct; pain, suffering; surname
• 河 - river, stream; the Yellow river
• 漢 - Chinese people; Chinese language
• 界 - boundary, limit; domain; society, the world