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玄武湖
xuán​wǔ​hú

Xuanwu Lake

Definitions Defs Origin Strokes Stroke Words Sentences Sents
  1. 玄武 xuán​wǔ
    Black Tortoise
    The Black Tortoise, a mythological figure often depicted as a tortoise intertwined with a snake; it represents the north, the element of water, and is worshiped in Daoism as a guardian deity (also known as 真武 zhēn​wǔ)
  2. 湖 hú noun
    lake
    a large area of water surrounded by land