chinese culture and character
@chineseontheair (20)
China
October 7, 2008 7:36am CST
when we talk about "?" and "?",we may naturally think of "??"(the Yangtse River/ChangJiang) and "??"(the Yellow River/Huang He). In fact, the word "?" only refer to "??" in earlier times, but later it evolved to refer to long rivers in general. Since the Chang Jiang is in the south of China, the long rivers in the south are generally called "...?”. Similarly, the word "?" in the past only referred to the "??" but later it began to refer to all kinds of rivers. Since it is in the north of China, the rivers in the north are generally called "...?"
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