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Words Containing 渠

灵渠
líng qú

Lingqu, canal in Xing'an county 興安|兴安[xīng ān], Guangxi, built in 214 BC to link the Yangtze 長江|长江[cháng jiāng] to the Pearl River 珠江[zhū jiāng]

石渠阁
shí qú gé

cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[wǔ jīng] as state canon

郑国渠
zhèng guó qú

Zhengguo canal, a 150 km long irrigation canal in Shaanxi built in 264 BC

渠沟
qú gōu

trench

排水渠
pái shuǐ qú

drainage

明渠
míng qú

(open, uncovered) water channel

五家渠
wǔ jiā qú

Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang

五家渠市
wǔ jiā qú shì

Wujyachü shehiri (Wujiaqu city) or Wǔjiāqú subprefecture level city in Ili Kazakh autonomous prefecture in north Xinjiang

水到渠成
shuǐ dào qú chéng

lit. where water flows, a canal is formed (idiom)

渠道
qú dào

irrigation ditch

渠魁
qú kuí

rebel leader; ringleader; bandit chieftain

灌渠
guàn qú

irrigation channel

沟渠
gōu qú

channel

干渠
gàn qú

trunk canal

石渠
shí qú

Sêrxü county (Tibetan: ser shul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

河渠
hé qú

rivers and canals

石渠县
shí qú xiàn

Sêrxü county (Tibetan: ser shul rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州[gān zī zàng zú zì zhì zhōu], Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)

夏敬渠
xià jìng qú

Xia Jingqu (1705-1787), Qing novelist, author of monumental novel 野叟曝言[yě sǒu pù yán] Humble Words of a Rustic Elder

渠县
qú xiàn

Qu county in Dazhou 達州|达州[dá zhōu], Sichuan

石渠阁议
shí qú gé yì

cabinet meeting in 51 BC that established the five classics of Confucianism 五經|五经[wǔ jīng] as state canon

水渠
shuǐ qú

canal

尾水渠道
wěi shuǐ qú dào

outflow channel

灌溉渠
guàn gài qú

irrigation channel

暗渠
àn qú

underground water channel