郢

Yǐng
Ying, ancient capital of Chu 楚 in Hubei, Jianling county 江陵縣

CEDICT

  1. (historical) Ying (an ancient city in Hubei, China, a former capital of the state of Chu)
  2. (historical) synonym of 畢郢 /毕郢, Biying (an ancient city in Shaanxi, China)
  3. Ying (an ancient city in Hubei, China, a former capital of the state of Chu)
  4. synonym of 畢郢 /毕郢, Biying (an ancient city in Shaanxi, China)

Wiktionary

Containing this entry

郢書燕說 Yǐngshū Yānshuō
  1. lit. Ying writes a letter and Yan reads it
  2. fig. to misinterpret the original meaning
  3. to pile up errors
  4. refers to the letter from capital 郢 Yǐng of 楚 Chǔ in which the inadvertent words "hold up the candle" are mistaken by the minister of 燕 Yān as "promote the wise"
郢書燕說 yǐngshūyānshuō
郢城 Yǐngchéng
齊郢 Qíyǐng
郢中 Yǐngzhōng