蔥嶺
Chinese
scallion; green onion | mountain range | ||
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trad. (蔥嶺) | 蔥 | 嶺 | |
simp. (葱岭) | 葱 | 岭 |
Pronunciation
Proper noun
蔥嶺
- (literary, historical) the Pamirs (a mountain range in Central Asia)
- 從敦煌玉門關入西域,前有二道,今有三道。從玉門關西出,經婼羌轉西,越蔥嶺,經縣度,入大月氏,爲南道。 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: Yu Huan, Weilüe, 239 – 265 CE
- Cóng Dūnhuáng Yùménguān rù Xīyù, qián yǒu èrdào, jīn yǒu sāndào. Cóng Yùménguān xī chū, jīng Ruòqiāng zhuǎn xī, yuè Cōnglǐng, jīng Xiàndù, rù Dàyuèshì, wèi nándào. [Pinyin]
- To enter the Western Regions from Yumen Pass, Dunhuang, there were two ways in the past, there are three ways currently. Go west from Yumen Pass, through Ruoqiang to the west, pass over Congling [the Pamirs], through Xiandu [the Hindu Kush] and enter Greater Yuezhi; that is the southern way.
从敦煌玉门关入西域,前有二道,今有三道。从玉门关西出,经婼羌转西,越葱岭,经县度,入大月氏,为南道。 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
Descendants
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