桃花潭

Táohuātán
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Peach Blossom Pool, pool on the Qingyi River in Jing County, Anhui, where Wang Lun saw Li Bai off

Examples

HSK 6
Táohuātán de shuǐ yòu qīng yòu shēn.
The water of Peach Blossom Pool is clear and deep.
HSK 7-9
Wāng Lún zài Táohuātán biān chàng zhe gē sòngbié Lǐ Bái.
Wang Lun saw Li Bai off at Peach Blossom Pool with a song.

Tips

culture
李白's 赠汪伦 made it famous: 桃花潭水深千尺,不及汪伦送我情, "Peach Blossom Pool is a thousand feet deep, yet not as deep as the love of Wang Lun who sees me off".
memory
A well-known story says Wang Lun lured the poet with a letter promising "ten li of peach blossom" and "ten thousand wine shops". When Li Bai arrived, Wang explained that Peach Blossom was the name of a pool ten li away, and the wine shop belonged to a man surnamed 万, "ten thousand".

Stroke Order

桃 táo
花 huā
潭 tán