荊州 (jīngzhōu) — Jingzhou, an ancient province and city spanning Hubei and Hunan, a prize fought over in the Three Kingdoms

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TSUMUGU · TOCFL 7 (est.) · 詞

荊州 word · TOCFL 7 (est.)

荊州＝荊＋州

ㄐㄧㄥㄓㄡ · jīngzhōu

proper noun — Jingzhou, an ancient province and city spanning Hubei and Hunan, a prize fought over in the Three Kingdoms

字源 FORM — what the parts do

荊the bramble; a thorny shrub (荊棘的荊)jīng

州a province; an administrative region (州的州)zhōu

荊州，荊棘的荊，州縣的州。

這片地宜長荊（荊），整個州（州）就用它命名。

Brambles (荊) thrive across this land, and the whole province (州) takes their name.

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