吴楚

吳楚
Wú Chǔ
  1. southern states of Wu and Chu
  2. the middle and lower Yangtze valley

CEDICT

Entry Composition

1 吴 Wú
  1. surname Wu
  2. area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai
  3. name of states in southern China at different historical periods
2 楚 Chǔ
  1. surname Chu
  2. abbr. for Hubei 湖北省 Húběi Shěng and Hunan 湖南省 Húnán Shěng provinces together
  3. Chinese kingdom during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States Periods (722–221 BC)

Containing this entry

天低吴楚，眼空无物 tiāndī Wú Chǔ,yǎnkōngwúwù the sky hangs low over the Yangtze, empty as far as the eye can see (idiom); nothing to see to the broad horizon