通濟渠
tōng​jì​qú

Tongji Canal

  • created sense approved 通济渠/通濟渠 · tōng​jì​qú · Tongji Canal — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    通济渠 / 通濟渠

    tōng​jì​qú

    Tongji Canal

    The first major section of the Sui Dynasty Grand Canal, built in 605 AD, connecting the Yellow River and Huai River; also known as the [[汴河|汴河|bian4 he2]] or [[汴渠|汴渠|bian4 qu2]] during the Tang and Song dynasties.

    tōng​jǐ​qú

    通 (literal) → 通 · tōng · to lead to 济 (literal) → 济/濟 · jì · to benefit 渠 (literal) → 渠 · qú · canal

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

    created sense