夷陵
Yí líng
Pinyin

Definition

夷陵
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Yí líng
  1. Yiling (barbarian mound), historical place name in Yichang county 宜昌縣|宜昌县 Hubei, first mentioned in history (after its destruction by Qin) as burial place of the former Chu kings
  2. Yiling district of Yichang city 宜昌市[Yí chāng shì], Hubei

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

金陵
Jīn líng
  1. 1 pre-Han name for Nanjing
  2. 2 common place name
丘陵
qiū líng
  1. 1 hills
乾陵
Qián líng
  1. 1 Qianling at Xianyang 咸陽市|咸阳市 in Shaanxi, burial site of third Tang emperor 高宗 and empress Wuzetian 武則天|武则天
匪夷所思
fěi yí suǒ sī
  1. 1 unimaginable
  2. 2 outrageous
  3. 3 freakish
夏威夷
Xià wēi yí
  1. 1 Hawaii, US state
夷
yí
  1. 1 non-Han people, esp. to the East of China
  2. 2 barbarians
  3. 3 to wipe out
  4. 4 to exterminate
  5. 5 to tear down
  6. 6 to raze
武夷山
Wǔ yí shān
  1. 1 Mt Wuyi in Fujian
  2. 2 Wuyishan nature reserve
  3. 3 Wuyishan county level city in Nanping 南平[Nán píng] Fujian
泰姬陵
Tài jī líng
  1. 1 Taj Mahal (mausoleum in India)
涪陵
Fú líng
  1. 1 Fuling suburbs of Chongqing municipality, formerly in Sichuan
秦始皇陵
Qín Shǐ huáng líng
  1. 1 the tomb of the first emperor at Mt Li 驪山|骊山[Lí shān] near Xi'an (awaits excavation)
鄙夷
bǐ yí
  1. 1 to despise
  2. 2 to look down upon
  3. 3 despicable
铜陵
Tóng líng
  1. 1 Tongling prefecture level city and county in Anhui
陵园
líng yuán
  1. 1 cemetery
  2. 2 mausoleum park
陵水
Líng shuǐ
  1. 1 Lingshui Lizu Autonomous County, Hainan
  2. 2 abbr. for 陵水黎族自治縣|陵水黎族自治县[Líng shuǐ Lí zú Zì zhì xiàn]
中山陵
Zhōng shān Líng
  1. 1 Dr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
南陵
Nán líng
  1. 1 Nanling county in Wuhu 蕪湖|芜湖[Wú hú], Anhui
南陵县
Nán líng xiàn
  1. 1 Nanling county in Wuhu 蕪湖|芜湖[Wú hú], Anhui
嘉陵
Jiā líng
  1. 1 Jialing district of Nanchong city 南充市[Nán chōng shì], Sichuan
嘉陵江
Jiā líng jiāng
  1. 1 Jialing river in Sichuan (a tributary of the Yangtze)

Idioms (4)

以夷制夷
yǐ yí zhì yí
  1. 1 to use foreigners to subdue foreigners (idiom); let the barbarians fight it out among themselves (traditional policy of successive dynasties)
  2. 2 Use Western science and technology to counter imperialist encroachment. (late Qing modernizing slogan)
化险为夷
huà xiǎn wéi yí
  1. 1 to turn peril into safety (idiom); to avert disaster
履险如夷
lu:3 xiǎn rú yí
  1. 1 lit. to make one's way through a dangerous pass as if walking on level ground (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to handle a crisis effortlessly
违强陵弱
wéi qiáng líng ruò
  1. 1 to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully

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