shì

澨

Character · Noun

waterside; riverbank

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Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun

waterside; riverbank; brink of a body of water

literary

Literary term found in classical texts and formal written Chinese. Often appears in poetry and descriptive prose to denote the edge of rivers, lakes, or marshes.

Qū屈
Yuán原
xíng行
yín吟
zé泽
pàn畔
 ，
zhì至
yú于
jiāng江
shì澨
 。

Qu Yuan walked reciting poetry by the marsh, arriving at the riverbank.

Lín临
shì澨
ér而
guān观
 ，
shuǐ水
tiān天
yī一
sè色
 。

Standing by the waterside and gazing, the water and sky merged into one color.

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Cǐ此
shì澨
shā沙
bái白
 ，
cǎo草
mù木
xī稀
shǎo少
 。

The sand on this shore is white, with scarce vegetation.