丹东 (Dān dōng) — Dandong (city in Liaoning, China)

Definition

noun

Dandong (city in Liaoning, China)

丹东。
Wǒ qù nián qù Dān dōng lǚ yóu le.
I went to Dandong for tourism last year.
丹东。
Dān dōng Wèi yú liáo níng shěng dōng nán bù.
Dandong is located in the southeast of Liaoning Province.
丹东。
Cóng běi jīng zuò huǒ chē dào Dān dōng xū yào jǐ gè xiǎo shí.
It takes several hours to go from Beijing to Dandong by train.

Characters in this word

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

The shape 丹 shows a well or mine with red cinnabar inside.

A drawing of the thing itself, worn down over three thousand years into a few strokes.

This origin belongs to the traditional form 東; 东 is its simplified writing.

The traditional form 東 originally drew a full bag tied at both ends. The simplified 东 is a later shorthand, not the historical shape.

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