香格里拉
Traditional form:
香格里拉
Pinyin (reading):
Xiānggélǐlā
Definitions:
- Shangri-La (mythical location)
- Shangri-La town and county in Dêqên or Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture 迪慶藏族自治州／迪庆藏族自治州 ( Díqìng Zàngzú Zìzhìzhōu), northwest Yunnan
- formerly Gyeltang or Gyalthang, Chinese 中甸 ( Zhōngdiàn) in Tibetan province of Kham
Characters:
- 香 - incense; fragrant, aromatic
- 格 - form, pattern, standard
- 里 - unit of distance equal to 0.5km; village; lane
- 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
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