金沙江

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Chinese

gold dust, especially placer gold; salted egg yolk river
simp. and trad.
(金沙江) 		金沙 江
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Etymology

Named for the placer gold throughout its course.

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金沙江

  1. The Jinsha River, the upper course of the Yangtze in western Sichuan.
    宋代因為河中出現大量淘金人而改稱金沙江。 [MSC, trad.]
    宋代因为河中出现大量淘金人而改称金沙江。 [MSC, simp.]
    Sòngdài yīnwéi hé zhōng chūxiàn dàliàng táojīnrén ér gǎichēng jīnshājiāng.
    During the Song, because of the great number of prospectors in the river, it was renamed as the Jinsha River.

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