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Slender West Lake

Slender West Lake proper noun: a lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.

slender west lake: a lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China
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Proper noun

Slender West Lake

  1. A lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.
    • 'Slender' West Lake lies on the western outskirts of Yangzhou. In the early years of the Manchu Emperor Kangxi, the area beside the lake, known as the Alley of Chiming Jade, was famed for its high concentration of houses of pleasure, and for the beauty of its singsong-girls (whose skills extended...1993 June, Louis Cha, “The Deer and the Cauldron—Two Chapters from a Novel by Louis Cha”, in John Minford, transl., edited by Geremie Barmé, East Asian History, number 5, Australian National...
    • Police also closed off the Slender West Lake, Yangzhou’s main tourist attraction, in the morning. It was unclear why.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...
    Synonyms:
    West Lake, Shouxihu

Examples of Slender West Lake in a sentence

  • Jiang, 87, was first photographed touring the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou on a boat with his wife Wang Yeping, according to online photos apparently taken on Sunday.2014 April 23, Amy Li, “China’s former leader Jiang Zemin makes rare public appearance in Shanghai”, in South China Morning Post, →ISSN...
  • Zhou’s colleagues recited it in unison during an excursion to Slender West Lake, a World Heritage Site in the city.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...

Synonyms of Slender West Lake

Origin of Slender West Lake

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

Questions about Slender West Lake

What does Slender West Lake mean?
Slender West Lake means a lake in Yangzhou, Jiangsu, China.
How do you use Slender West Lake in a sentence?
Jiang, 87, was first photographed touring the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou on a boat with his wife Wang Yeping, according to online photos apparently taken on Sunday.
What part of speech is Slender West Lake?
Slender West Lake is a proper noun.

Words near Slender West Lake in the dictionary

  1. slender suckerfishes
  2. slender tare
  3. slender tares
  4. slender vetch
  5. slender vetches
  6. Slender West Lake
  7. slender-billed curlew
  8. slender-billed curlews
  9. slender-billed greenfinch
  10. slender-billed greenfinches
  11. slender-billed gull

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