guǎng​tōng​qú

Guangtong Canal

  • created reference approved 广通渠/廣通渠 → 富民渠 (same_as) — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    广通渠 / 廣通渠 guǎng​tōng​qú

    富民渠 fù​mín​qú

    same_as

    Changed: source (simp), source (trad), source pinyin, target (simp), target (trad), target pinyin, type

    created reference

  • created sense approved 广通渠/廣通渠 · guǎng​tōng​qú · Guangtong Canal — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    广通渠 / 廣通渠

    guǎng​tōng​qú

    Guangtong Canal

    The first canal built by the Sui dynasty, completed in 584 AD to improve grain transport; it ran approximately 300 li from Daxing (modern Xi'an) to Tongguan where it joined the Yellow River.

    广 (literal) → 广/廣 · guǎng · wide 通 (literal) → 通 · tōng · to lead to 渠 (literal) → 渠 · qú · canal

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

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