Etymology

Taiye Lake

Tai·ye

Today it means: one of several artificial lakes located in the imperial Chinese gardens of Chang'an and Beijing Full definition →

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The story

From the pinyin romanization of the Mandarin Chinese 太液池 (Tàiyèchí) (Tàiyèchí, "Great Flowing Pond").

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