鴨綠
See also: 鸭绿
Chinese
duck | green | ||
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trad. (鴨綠) | 鴨 | 綠 | |
simp. (鸭绿) | 鸭 | 绿 | |
alternative forms | 鴨淥/鸭渌 obsolete |
Etymology
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Pronunciation
Proper noun
鴨綠
- (~江) Yalu River, Amnok River (a river on the China-North Korea border)
- ^傘圓概似^松山秀,^鴨綠應同^珥水長。 [Vietnamese Literary Sinitic, trad.]
- From: 《朝鮮正使前以扇贈故云》 ("The Korean Envoy Previously Gifted Me a Fan, so I Reply"), by Lê Quý Đôn to Hong Gye-hui, 1760
- Tản Viên khái tự Tùng Sơn tú, Áp Lục ưng đồng Nhị Thuỷ trường. [Sino-Vietnamese]
- The scenery of Tản Viên is majestic like your Song'ak, and the Yalu must be as long as our Red River.
Descendants
- → English: Yalu
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