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Chinese
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river name; sound of rain and wind
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name of a river; Hunan province (abbrev.)
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| trad. (瀟湘)
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瀟
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湘
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| simp. (潇湘)
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潇
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湘
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
瀟湘
- (literary) (the deep and clear) Xiang River
- (literary) A collective name for the Xiang and Xiao Rivers in modern-day Hunan.
然則北通巫峽，南極瀟湘，遷客騷人，多會於此，覽物之情，得無異乎？
然则北通巫峡，南极潇湘，迁客骚人，多会于此，览物之情，得无异乎？ - From: 1046, 范仲淹 (Fan Zhongyan), 岳陽樓記
- Ránzé běi tōng Wūxiá, nán jí Xiāoxiāng, qiānkè sāorén, duō huì yú cǐ, lǎnwù zhī qíng, déwú yì hū?
- Since it has access to Gorge Wu up north and River Xiao/Xiang down south, banished officials and sentimental poets regularly meet here. How could their reactions not be different to various sights here?
- (literary, metonymic) Hunan
Derived terms
Adjective
瀟湘
- (Cantonese, of women) slender; slim
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