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 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River
 Hēi lóng jiāng Heilongjiang province (Heilungkiang) in northeast China, abbr. 黑, capital Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1] / Heilongjiang river forming the border between northeast China and Russia / Amur river
 Jiāng nán south of Changjiang or Yangtze river / south of the lower reaches of Changjiang / often refers to south Jiangsu, south Anhui and north Zhejiang provinces / a province during Qing times / in literature, refers to the sunny south / Gangnam (district in Seoul, South Korea)
 Cháng Jiāng Yangtze River, or Chang Jiang
 zhōng yuán Central Plain, the middle and lower regions of the Yellow river, including Henan, western Shandong, southern Shanxi and Hebei
 Huáng Hé Yellow River or Huang He
 hǎi kǒu estuary / coastal inlet / river mouth / seaport / see also 誇海口|夸海口[kua1 hai3 kou3]
 fēn zhī branch (of company, river etc) / to branch / to diverge / to ramify / to subdivide
 hé liú river / CL:條|条[tiao2]
 Zhū jiāng Pearl River (Guangdong)
 liú yù river basin / valley / drainage area
 shuǐ liú river / stream
 shuǐ yuán water source / water supply / headwaters of a river
 hé biān river bank
 hé shuǐ river water
 xiōng yǒng to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc) / turbulent
 shàng xíng (of trains) up (i.e. towards the capital) / (of river boats) to go against the current / to submit (a document) to higher authorities
 Cháng Sān jiǎo Yangtze River Delta (abbr. for 長江三角洲|长江三角洲[Chang2 jiang1 San1 jiao3 zhou1])
 Zhū Sān jiǎo Pearl River Delta
 hé dào river course / river channel
 dà hé large river (esp the Yellow River)
 Xiāo xiāng other name of the Xiangjiang river 湘江[Xiang1 jiang1] in Hunan province
 Zhū zhōu Zhuzhou, prefecture-level city, on the Xiangjiang river in Hunan
 jiāng shuǐ river water
 xià liú lower course of a river / low-class / mean and lowly / vulgar / obscene
 xià xíng (of trains) down (i.e. away from the capital) / (of river boats) to travel downstream / to issue (a document) to lower bureaucratic levels / (of writing on the page) vertical, proceeding from top to bottom
西 Huá xī West China (region in the upper reaches of Yangtze River and Sichuan Province)
 jiāng hé river
 lián mián continuous / unbroken / uninterrupted / extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc)
 Hàn kǒu Hankou, part of Wuhan 武漢|武汉 / at the junction of Han river and Changjiang in Hubei
西 xī àn the west bank / West Bank of Jordan River
沿 yán jiāng along the river / the region around the river
 zhōng yóu the middle stretches of a river / middle level / middle echelon / midstream
 Sōng huā jiāng Songhua River in Jilin province 吉林省 / through Harbin 哈爾濱|哈尔滨[Ha1 er3 bin1], a tributary of Heilongjiang 黑龍江|黑龙江
 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore
 hé pàn riverside / river plain
 Lí jiāng River Li, Guangxi
 Dà xiá gǔ great valley / Grand Canyon of Colorado River
 xiān hé priority / sth advocated first / refers to ancient tradition: Worship the river first, then the sea.
 hé kǒu estuary / the mouth of a river
 ài hé the river of love / a stumbling block on the path to enlightenment (Buddhism)
 Huái Hé Huai River, main river of east China, between the Yellow River 黃河|黄河[Huang2 He2] and the Changjiang 長江|长江[Chang2 Jiang1]
 Liáo dōng Liaodong peninsula between Bohai 渤海 / and Yellow sea / east and south of Liaoning province / east of Liao river 遼河|辽河
 Qián táng Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
 Zhū jiāng sān jiǎo zhōu Pearl River Delta (PRD)
 shā dì sandy beach or river bank / sand dune / sandy land
 hé gǔ river valley
 hé àn riverside / river bank
 Qì dān Qidan or Khitan, ethnic group in ancient China, a branch of the Eastern Hu people inhabiting the valley of the Xar Murun River in the upper reaches of the Liao River 遼河|辽河[Liao2 He2]
 Qín lǐng Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley
 Qiān dǎo Hú Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959
 jiāng miàn the surface of the river
 Cháng Jiāng Sān jiǎo zhōu Yangtze River Delta
 fàn zhū sān jiǎo Pan-Pearl River delta / The nine provinces of Southern China around Guangzhou and the Pearl River delta / South China
 dù hé to cross a river
 Hàn jiāng Han River
 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc
 Dōng jiāng Dongjiang River
 Sān xiá Dà bà Three Gorges Dam on the Yangtze River
 hào dàng vast and mighty (of river or ocean) / broad and powerful
西 Xī jiāng Xijiang River
 shuǐ shén river God
 Cháng jiāng liú yù Changjiang or Yangtze river basin
 sù yuán to investigate the origin of sth / to trace a river upstream back to its source
 Qián táng Jiāng Qiantang River that loops around Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1] in Zhejiang Province 浙江省[Zhe4 jiang1 Sheng3]
 Huáng pǔ jiāng Huangpu River in Shanghai
 Liáo Hé Liao River of northeast China, passing through Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Jilin and Liaoning
 qín huái hé Qinhuai River, a tributary of the Yangtze that flows through central Nanjing
 hé tān river bank / strand
绿 Yā lù Jiāng Yalu River, forming part of the China-Korea border
 Yáng zǐ jiāng Changjiang 長江|长江 / or Yangtze River / old name for Changjiang, especially lower reaches around Yangzhou 揚州|扬州
 hé miàn surface of a river
 Hàn shuǐ Han River (Hanshui)
 tián luó river snail
 Mín jiāng Min River, Sichuan
 Mǐn jiāng Min River, Fujian
 tóng zhōu gòng jì cross a river in the same boat (idiom) / fig. having common interests / obliged to collaborate towards common goals
 bèi shuǐ yī zhàn lit. fight with one's back to the river (idiom) / fig. to fight to win or die
 shān qióng shuǐ jìn mountain and river exhausted (idiom) / at the end of the line / nowhere to go
 Huáng Hé liú yù the Yellow River basin
 wēi yí winding (of road, river etc) / curved / long / distant
 Yuē dàn Hé Jordan River
 Lái yīn Hé Rhine River
 Wèi Hé Wei River in Shaanxi through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
 jiāng liú river / river flow / current
 Wàn quán Hé Wanquan River, Hainan
 Héng Hé Ganges River
 Cháng Jiāng hòu làng tuī qián làng lit. the rear waves of the Yangtze River drive on those before (idiom) / fig. the new is constantly replacing the old / each new generation excels the previous / (of things) to be constantly evolving
 Lán cāng Jiāng Lancang River of Qinghai and Yunnan, the upper reaches of Mekong River 湄公河[Mei2 gong1 He2] of Southeast Asia
 hé tào river bend
 Luó nà Rhone, river of Switzerland and France
 Hǔ tiào Xiá Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Jinsha River 金沙江[Jin1 sha1 jiang1] in Lijiang Naxi autonomous county 麗江納西族自治縣|丽江纳西族自治县[Li4 jiang1 Na4 xi1 zu2 Zi4 zhi4 xian4], Yunnan
 liǎng hé the areas to the north and south of the Yellow River (in the Spring and Autumn Period) / Mesopotamia
 Jiā líng jiāng Jialing River in Sichuan (a tributary of the Yangtze)
 Dà dù Hé Dadu River in Sichuan
 wèi shuǐ Wei River in Shaanxi, through the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2]
 Yǎ lǔ Zàng bù jiāng Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet
 Dīng Líng Ding Ling (1904-1986), female novelist, author of novel The Sun Shines over the Sanggan River 太陽照在桑乾河上|太阳照在桑干河上, attacked during the 1950s as anti-Party
 hé xiè river crab / Internet censorship (pun on "harmonious" 和諧|和谐[he2 xie2], which is blocked by the great firewall of China)
 Hún Hé Hun River
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