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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

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
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楚: chǔ · name of feudal state; clear
眼: yǎn · eye; eyelet, hole, opening
空: kōng · empty, hollow, bare, deserted
無: Look up this written character
物: wù · thing, substance, creature
吴: wú · name of warring state; surname
无: wú · negative, no, not; Kangxi radical 71

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