边城 (biān chéng) — border town, frontier town
Definition
Literally 'border town,' but in modern Chinese it most often refers to Shen Congwen's classic 1934 novel 《边城》 — a symbol of idealized rural China.
noun
border townfrontier town
Measure word · 座
Examples
- 边城。Zhè ge biān chéng wèi yú liǎng guó jiāo jiè chù.This border town is located at the junction of two countries.
- 《边城》。Shěn cóng wén de xiǎo shuō 《biān chéng》 shì zhōng guó xiàn dài wén xué de jīng diǎn.Shen Congwen's novel 'Border Town' is a classic of modern Chinese literature.
- 边城。Zhè zuò biān chéng de jū mín dà duō yǐ mào yì wéi shēng.Most residents of this frontier town make a living through trade.
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