淮南橘，淮北枳
huái​nán​jú​huái​běi​zhǐ

south of the Huai River is a tangerine, north is a trifoliate orange

  1. 淮南 huái​nán
    Huainan region
    Historical and geographical region south of the Huai River, specifically the area between the Huai and Yangtze rivers
  2. 橘 jú noun
    tangerine
    (bound form) tangerine; mandarin orange; also refers to the tree itself
  3. ， huái
    non-Chinese
  4. 淮北 huái​běi
    Huaibei (region)
    The region north of the Huai River
  5. 枳 zhǐ
    trifoliate orange
    (bound form) the trifoliate orange tree or its fruit, which is small, sour, and used in traditional medicine; also called 枸橘 gōu​jú or 臭橘 chòu​jú