三江並流

三江并流
Sān Jiāng Bìngliú
the Three Parallel Rivers of Yunnan Protected Areas, a region in northwestern Yunnan where three major rivers – the Jinsha River (upper Yangtze) 金沙江 Jīnshā Jiāng, Lancang River (Mekong) 瀾滄江 Láncāng Jiāng, and Nu River (Salween) 怒江 Nù Jiāng – run roughly parallel to each other for over 300 kilometers, recognized as a World Heritage Site

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1 三江 Sānjiāng see 三江侗族自治縣 Sānjiāng Dòngzú Zìzhìxiàn
=2 並 bìng
  1. and
  2. furthermore
  3. also
  4. together with
  5. (not) at all
  6. simultaneously
  7. to combine
  8. to join
  9. to merge
=2 並 bàng
  1. (obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) alternative form of 傍 (“to be near; approaching”)
  2. alternative form of 傍 (“to be near; approaching”)
3 流 liú
  1. to flow
  2. to disseminate
  3. to circulate or spread
  4. to move or drift
  5. to degenerate
  6. to banish or send into exile
  7. stream of water or sth resembling one
  8. class, rate or grade