東三省 dōng sān shěng

DEFINITIONS

  1. the three provinces of Northeast China, namely: Liaoning Province 遼寧省|辽宁省[Liao2 ning2 Sheng3], Jilin Province 吉林省[Ji2 lin2 Sheng3] and Heilongjiang Province 黑龍江省|黑龙江省[Hei1 long2 jiang1 Sheng3]

CHARACTERS

東 dōng east, eastern, eastward
三 sān
HSK 1
three
省 shěng
HSK 4
province; save, economize