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京杭大运河

Jīng Háng Dà Yùn hé

5-character word Traditional 京杭大運河

What 京杭大运河 means

1. the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC

The characters in 京杭大运河

• 京jīngcapital city of a country; big; algebraic term for a large number (old)
• 杭Hángsurname Hang; abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州
• 大dàbig; large; great; older (than another person); eldest (as in 大姐
• 运yùnto move; to transport; to use
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way