Slender West Lake

Calque of Chinese 瘦西湖 (Shòuxīhú, literally “Skinny West Lake”), the adjective distinguishing it from West Lake in Hangzhou, Zhejiang.

Slender West Lake

1. A lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.
   • 2011 May 23, Royston Chan, Chris Buckley, Ben Blanchard, “North Korea's Kim tours east China, economic ties in focus”, in Jonathan Thatcher, editor, Reuters‎, archived from the original on 17 May 2021, World News‎:

     Police also closed off the Slender West Lake, Yangzhou’s main tourist attraction, in the morning. It was unclear why.

   • 2018 June 4, Steven Lee Myers, “How to Catch a Killer in China: Another Chinese Crime Novel Goes Global”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 04 June 2018, Profile‎:

     Yangzhou, where Mr. Zhou grew up, is renowned for its literary history, especially a 9th century poet, Du Mu. One poem lamenting the whereabouts of a friend is so well known that Mr. Zhou’s colleagues recited it in unison during an excursion to Slender West Lake, a World Heritage Site in the city.

• West Lake (inexact); Shouxihu

• See West Lake

• Slender West Lake, Shouxihu at Google Ngram Viewer