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母亲河

mǔ qīn hé

3-character word Traditional 母親河

What 母亲河 means

1. lifeline river; river regarded as the cradle of a civilization

The characters in 母亲河

• 母mǔmother; elderly female relative; origin
• 亲qīnparent; one's own (flesh and blood); relative
• 河hériver; (bound form) the Yellow River; (bound form) the Milky Way

Example sentences

• 苏州河是上海的母亲河，弯弯曲曲横跨流过市中心。
  Sūzhōu Hé shì Shànghǎi de mǔqīn hé, wānwānqūqū héngkuà liú guo shìzhōngxīn.
  River Suzhou is Shanghai's "mother river"; twisting and turning, it stretches across and flows through the city center.