泱泱

jiāng shuǐ yāng yāng

江水泱泱

mighty river

yāng yāng dà guó

泱泱大国

a great and proud country

lì dài tǒng zhì zhě dōu fēi cháng guān xīn rú hé tí gāo liáng shi dān chǎn lái jiě jué yāng yāng dà guó rén duō dì shǎo de máo dùn

历代统治者都非常关心如何提高粮食单产，来解决泱泱大国人多地少的矛盾。

Ancient rulers are very concerned about how to improve grain yield to solve the contradiction of a great country with more people and less land.

gāi shū suī rán bù shì yī běn xué shù shì de yāng yāng dà zuò dàn shì tā zǒng tǐ shang tí chū le zú gòu quán wēi de jiàn yì

该书虽然不是一本学术式的泱泱大作，但是它总体上提出了足够权威的建议。

It is not a wonkish tome, but it puts forward enough authoritative suggestions on the whole.