魚米之鄉 yú mǐ zhī xiāng

(fig.) fertile region; (lit.) land of fish and rice

Word data

HSK Not in HSK
Frequency Unknown

Definitions

  1. 1. (fig.) fertile region
  2. 2. (lit.) land of fish and rice
  3. 3. land of milk and honey

Characters

Character Meaning
魚 yú
fish; surname Yu
米 mǐ HSK 1
rice; meter (classifier); surname Mi
之 zhī HSK 4
(possessive particle, literary equivalent of 的de); it
鄉 xiāng
country or countryside; township (PRC administrative unit)