天低吳楚,眼空無物

简 天低吴楚,眼空无物 · 繁 天低吳楚,眼空無物
Mandarin · pinyin tiān dī Wú Chǔ , yǎn kōng wú wù

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  1. the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon
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天
tiān · sky, heaven; god, celestial
低
dī · low; to lower, hang, bend, bow
吳
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楚
chǔ · name of feudal state; clear
眼
yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
空
kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted
無
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物
wù · thing, substance, creature
吴
wú · name of warring state; surname
无
wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71
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天低吳楚,眼空無物 · tian1 di1 Wu2 Chu3 , yan3 kong1 wu2 wu4
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Exact source record天低吳楚,眼空無物 天低吴楚,眼空无物 [tian1 di1 Wu2 Chu3 , yan3 kong1 wu2 wu4] /the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon/