figurative channel or means of communication or distribution

success will follow naturally once the right conditions are met; things happen easily when the time is ripe

a man-made ditch or trench used for irrigation, drainage, or water transport

An open or uncovered artificial waterway, conduit, or canal used for drainage, irrigation, or water supply.

a collective term for natural rivers and artificial water channels

stone channel (e.g. drain)

Qu county in Dazhou, Sichuan

an irrigation channel or canal

an underground water channel, covered ditch, or conduit used for drainage or irrigation

Lingqu, canal in Xing'an county, Guangxi, built in 214 BC to link the Yangtze to the Pearl River

Wujiaqu subprefecture-level city in Ili Kazakh Autonomous Prefecture, northern Xinjiang

Zhengguo Canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC

Sêrxü county in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang

rebel leader; ringleader; bandit chieftain

a trench or ditch, typically for drainage or irrigation

cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the Five Classics of Confucianism as state canon

a cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism as state canon

Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel [[野叟曝言|野叟曝言|Ye3 sou3 Pu4 yan2]] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder

a ditch, channel, or canal used to carry away surface water or sewage

outflow channel

irrigation channel