盐湖城 鹽湖城 yán hú chéng Salt Lake City, capital of Utah 天鹅 天鵝 tiān é swan syn 天鹅绒 天鵝絨 tiān é róng velvet / swan's down 汹涌 洶湧 xiōng yǒng to surge up violently (of ocean, river, lake etc) / turbulent syn 水边 水邊 shuǐ biān edge of the water / waterside / shore (of sea, lake or river) syn 湖泊 hú pō lake syn 明镜 明鏡 míng jìng mirror (as a metaphor for sth beautiful, bright and flat – such as a lake – or sth that provides clarity and insight) 拉客 lā kè to solicit (guests, clients, passengers etc) / to importune syn 游弋 遊弋 yóu yì (of a naval vessel) to cruise / to patrol / (of ducks, boats etc) to move about on a lake or river etc syn 千岛湖 千島湖 qiān dǎo hú Qiandao Lake in Zhejiang, aka Xin'an River Reservoir, created as part of a large hydroelectric project in 1959 盐湖 鹽湖 yán hú salt lake syn 淡水湖 dàn shuǐ hú freshwater lake 天池 tiān chí "heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain / used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2] 瑶池 瑤池 yáo chí the Jade lake on Mount Kunlun, residence of Xi Wangmu 西王母 鸿鹄 鴻鵠 hóng hú swan / person with noble aspirations syn 水浒 水滸 shuǐ hǔ edge of the water / shore or sea, lake or river / seashore 海子 hǎi zi (dialect) wetlands / lake syn 泸沽湖 瀘沽湖 lú gū hú Lugu Lake, alpine lake on the border of Yunnan and Sichuan 洞庭湖 dòng tíng hú Dongting Lake in northeast Hunan province 断桥 斷橋 duàn qiáo The Broken Bridge (at West Lake in Hangzhou) 青海湖 qīng hǎi hú Qinghai Lake (Tibetan: mtsho-sngon) 鸿雁 鴻雁 hóng yàn (bird species of China) swan goose (Anser cygnoides) syn 湖区 湖區 hú qū Lake District, north England 滇池 diān chí lake Dianchi in Yunnan 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 鄱阳湖 鄱陽湖 pó yáng hú Poyang Lake in Shangrao 上饒|上饶[Shang4 rao2], Jiangxi 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 洱海 ěr hǎi Erhai Lake 日月潭 rì yuè tán Sun Moon Lake in Nantou County, Taiwan 白洋淀 白洋澱 bái yáng diàn Baiyang Lake in Hebei 纳木错 納木錯 nà mù cuò Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet 雷峰塔 léi fēng tǎ Leifeng Pagoda, by West Lake until it was destroyed (also from Madam White Snake) 喀纳斯湖 喀納斯湖 kā nà sī hú Kanas Lake in Xinjiang 竞渡 競渡 jìng dù rowing competition / boat race / swimming competition (e.g. to cross river or lake) syn 泡 pāo puffed / swollen / spongy / small lake (esp. in place names) / classifier for urine or feces syn 湖 hú lake / CL:個|个[ge4],片[pian4] syn 泊 pō lake / Taiwan pr. [bo2] syn 滨 濱 bīn (bound form) water's edge / bank / shore / (bound form) to border on (a lake, river etc) syn 大天鹅 大天鵝 dà tiān é (bird species of China) whooper swan (Cygnus cygnus) syn 潢 huáng dye paper / lake / pond / mount scroll 淀山湖 澱山湖 diàn shān hú Dianshan Lake in Shanghai 赛里木湖 賽里木湖 sài lǐ mù hú Sayram Lake in Xinjiang 博斯腾湖 博斯騰湖 bó sī téng hú Bosten Lake in Xinjiang 咸水湖 鹹水湖 xián shuǐ hú salt lake syn 鹄 鵠 hú swan syn 鄱 pó name of a lake 澧 lǐ Lishui River in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖[Dong4ting2 Hu2] / surname Li 湖滨 湖濱 hú bīn lake front 西湖 xī hú Xihu or West lake (place name) / West Lake in Hangzhou 杭州, Zhejiang / Xihu or Hsihu township in Miaoli county 苗栗縣|苗栗县[Miao2 li4 xian4], northwest Taiwan 伊利湖 yī lì hú Lake Erie, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 贝加尔湖 貝加爾湖 bèi jiā ěr hú Lake Baikal, Russia 小天鹅 小天鵝 xiǎo tiān é (bird species of China) tundra swan (Cygnus columbianus) 休伦湖 休倫湖 xiū lún hú Lake Huron, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 盐滩 鹽灘 yán tān salt flats / salt lake 人工湖 rén gōng hú artificial lake 草海 cǎo hǎi Caohai Lake, Guizhou 燕雀安知鸿鹄之志 燕雀安知鴻鵠之志 yàn què ān zhī hóng hú zhī zhì lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? 刻鹄类鹜 刻鵠類鶩 kè hú lèi wù to aim to carve a swan and get a semblance of a duck (idiom) / to fail utterly in trying to copy something / to get a reasonably good, if not perfect, result 癞蛤蟆想吃天鹅肉 癩蛤蟆想吃天鵝肉 lài há ma xiǎng chī tiān é ròu lit. the toad wants to eat swan meat (idiom) / fig. to try to punch above one's weight 镜花水月 鏡花水月 jìng huā shuǐ yuè lit. flowers in a mirror and the moon reflected in the lake (idiom) / fig. an unrealistic rosy view / viewing things through rose-tinted spectacles / also written 水月鏡花|水月镜花 syn 雷扎耶湖 léi zhá yē hú Lake Urmia, northwest Iran, a major salt lake / formerly called lake Rezaiyeh 堰塞湖 yàn sè hú barrier lake / landslide dam / dammed lake 火湖 huǒ hú burning lake / lake of burning sulfur / inferno (in Christian mythology) 富营养湖 富營養湖 fù yíng yǎng hú eutrophic lake / eutrophied lake 沃化湖 wò huà hú eutrophic lake / eutrophied lake 布莱德湖 布萊德湖 bù lái dé hú Lake Bled, glacial lake amid the Julian Alps in Slovenia, adjacent to the town of Bled 邵伯湖 shào bó hú Shaobo Lake, freshwater lake in Jiangsu Province 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù pō Lop Nor, former salt lake in Xinjiang, now a salt-encrusted lake bed 燕雀焉知鸿鹄之志 燕雀焉知鴻鵠之志 yàn què yān zhī hóng gǔ zhī zhì lit. can the sparrow and swallow know the will of the great swan? (idiom) / fig. how can we small fry predict the ambitions of the great? 白鹄 白鵠 bái hú (white) swan 鹍弦 鵾弦 kūn xián pipa strings, made from sinews of large crane or swan 鵾雞|鹍鸡[kun1 ji1] 疣鼻天鹅 疣鼻天鵝 yóu bí tiān é (bird species of China) mute swan (Cygnus olor) 飞鸿 飛鴻 fēi hóng swan goose / (fig.) letter / message 池盐 池鹽 chí yán salt from a salt lake 罗布泊 羅布泊 luó bù bó Lop Nor, salt lake and nuclear testing site in Xinjiang 羊卓错 羊卓錯 yáng zhuó cuò Yamdroktso lake in central Tibet 奥涅加湖 奧涅加湖 ào niè jiā hú Lake 洪泽湖 洪澤湖 hóng zé hú Hongze Lake in Jiangsu province 昆明湖 kūn míng hú Kunming Lake 澧水 lǐ shuǐ Lishui river in north Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 马拉开波湖 馬拉開波湖 mǎ lā kāi bō hú Lake 苏必利尔湖 蘇必利爾湖 sū bì lì ěr hú Lake Superior, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 维多利亚湖 維多利亞湖 wéi duō lì yà hú Lake Victoria or Victoria Nyanza, Kenya, on the White Nile 岳阳楼 岳陽樓 yuè yáng lóu Yueyang Tower, famous beauty spot in Yueyang, north Hunan, overlooking Dongting Lake 洞庭湖[Dong4 ting2 Hu2] / one of three famous pagodas in China along with Yellow Crane Tower 黃鶴樓|黄鹤楼[Huang2 he4 Lou2] in Wuhan, Hubei and Tengwang Tower 滕王閣|滕王阁[Teng2 wang2 Ge2] in Nanchang, Jiangxi 乍得湖 zhà dé hú Lake Chad 七河州 qī hé zhōu Semirechye region of Kazakhstan, bordering Lake Balkash 巴爾喀什湖|巴尔喀什湖[Ba1 er3 ka1 shi2 Hu2] 伊塞克湖 yī sāi kè hú Lake Issyk Kul in Kyrgyzstan 内流河 內流河 nèi liú hé inward flowing river / river flowing into desert or salt lake, e.g. Tarim river 塔里木河 北湖区 北湖區 běi hú qū North lake district / Beihu district of Chenzhou city 郴州市[Chen1 zhou1 shi4], Hunan 呼伦湖 呼倫湖 hū lún hú Hulun Lake of Inner Mongolia 坦噶尼喀湖 tǎn gá ní kā hú Lake Tanganyika in East Africa 大湖区 大湖區 dà hú qū Lake district, north England 安大略湖 ān dà lüè hú Lake Ontario, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 密歇根湖 mì xiē gēn hú Lake Michigan, one of the Great Lakes 五大湖[Wu3 da4 hu2] 察尔汗盐湖 察爾汗鹽湖 chá ěr hán yán hú Qarhan Salt Lake in west Qinghai 巴尔喀什湖 巴爾喀什湖 bā ěr kā shí hú Lake Balkhash in southeast Kazakhstan 木格措 mù gé cuò Lake Mibgai Co or Miga Tso, in Dartsendo or Kangding 康定[Kang1 ding4], Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan 汨罗江 汨羅江 mì luó jiāng Miluo river in Jiangxi and Hunan provinces, flows into Dongting lake 沅江 yuán jiāng river in Hunan, flowing into Lake Dongting 洞庭湖 / Yuanjiang, county-level city in Yiyang 益陽|益阳[Yi4 yang2], Hunan 