银河 (yín hé) — Milky Way

Definition

Examples

• 夏天的晚上，我们可以在天上看到银河。
  Xià tiān de wǎn shàng, wǒ men kě yǐ zài tiān shàng kàn dào yín hé.
  On summer nights, we can see the Milky Way in the sky.
• 银河是由无数颗星星组成的。
  yín hé Shì yóu wú shù kē xīng xing zǔ chéng de.
  The Milky Way is made up of countless stars.
• 古代中国人把银河叫做天河。
  Gǔ dài zhōng guó rén bǎ yín hé jiào zuò tiān hé.
  Ancient Chinese people called the Milky Way the 'Heavenly River'.