Fen River
English
Etymology
Partial calque of Mandarin 汾河 (Fén Hé).
Proper noun
Fen River
- A river in central Shanxi, China.
- 1921, Marshall Broomhall, In Quest of God: the Life Story of Pastors Chang & Ch'ü, Buddhist Priest & Chinese Scholar, Religious Tract Society, OCLC 2878328, OL 6655401M, page 23:
- The cities west of the Fen River, where Taning is situated, were visited by him in 1869, but it is hardly possible that the copy of the Gospel which ultimately fell into the hands of Chang the Buddhist priest was one of those sold on that occasion, for the stamp upon the cover with the address at Taiyuanfu points to a later date when a station had been opened.
- 1977, Howell, F. Clark, “Introduction”, in Paleoanthropology in the People's Republic of China, →ISBN, LCCN 77-77205, OCLC 869369724, page 3:
- A prehistoric site of late Pleistocene age, which was especially prepared for our visit, was seen at Ting-ts'un, above the Fen River (Shansi).
- [1983, Hinton, William, “Introduction: Shansi, Land of the Oxhide Lanterns”, in Shenfan, New York: Vintage Books, published 1984, →ISBN, LCCN 84-40004, OCLC 802152005, page xxxiv:
- Taiyuan, the capital of the province, lies on the upper reaches of the Fen surrounded by irrigated ricelands, orchards and vineyards on the mountain slopes, with enormous seams of coal underground. In Shansi all roads lead to Taiyuan, but the roads that radiate out of Taiyuan in every direction lead nowhere.]
- 2021 October 11, “China floods: bus falls into river as heavy rains destroy homes”, in The Guardian, archived from the original on 12 October 2021:
- According to state media, 59 national meteorological stations reported the highest ever recorded daily rainfall, and 63 their highest accumulative total over the period. The Fen River reached its highest level in four years, they said.
Torrential rains fell for several days last week across the province. In 12 hours overnight to Thursday morning, Shanxi, which ordinarily has an average of 31.3mm for the month, had an average 119.5mm across the province.
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Translations
river in the centre of Shanxi province
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Further reading
- “Fen”, in Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary