大江南北 dà jiāng nán běi

DEFINITIONS

  1. north and south sides of the Yangtze River (idiom)
  2. (fig.) all over China

CHARACTERS

大 dà big, great, vast, large, high
江 jiāng large river; yangzi; surname
南 nán south; southern part; southward
北 běi north; northern; northward