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Chinese dictionary
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n.south (one of the four directions); direction to the right of sunrise
这间屋子朝南。
This room faces south.
破旧的南看台一定要重建。
The old south grandstand must be rebuilt.
哪边是南？
Which way is south?
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- 2
n.southern part of China; the south; (of China) regions south of the Yangtze River
南味
southern flavor
南货
native produce from south China
南菜北运
transport the vegetables of the south to the north
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Words and phrases with 南
- 南瓜[word]pumpkin; large pulpy round fruit of the pumpkin
- 南海[word]the Nanhai Sea
- 南美洲[word]South America
- 南水北调[word]South-to-North water diversion
- 南北朝[word]the Southern and Northern Dynasties
- 南疆[word]Southern Xinjiang
- 南极[word]South Pole; South Magnetic Pole
- 南斯拉夫[word]Yugoslavia
- 南昌[word]Nanchang
- 南柯一梦[idiom]Nanke dream
- 南腔北调[idiom]with mixed accents
- 南辕北辙[idiom]go south by driving the chariot north
- 南面百城[idiom]holding a high official post, governing many places and possessing enormous wealth
- 南山可移[idiom]The southern mountain might be moved off .
- 南风不竞[idiom]The opponent isn’t strong enough.
- 南征北战[idiom]fight north and south
- 南征北讨[idiom]conquer north and south
- 南来北往[idiom]going south and north