六盘山

六盤山
Liùpánshān
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Liupan Mountains, range in southern Ningxia and eastern Gansu

Examples

HSK 4
Liùpánshān zài Níngxià nánbù.
The Liupan Mountains are in southern Ningxia.
HSK 7-9
Hóngjūn fānguò Liùpánshān de shíhou, chángzhēng yǐjing kuài jiéshù le.
By the time the Red Army crossed the Liupan Mountains, the Long March was nearly over.

Tips

culture
Mao Zedong's ci 《清平乐·六盘山》, written in October 1935 as the Red Army crossed the range, holds the line 不到长城非好汉 'whoever fails to reach the Great Wall is no hero'. The name is said to come from the six bends the old road made on its way to the top.

Stroke Order

六 liù
盘 pán
山 shān