Meanings
- alternativeAlternative form of Lishui.
In 1743, at the early age of 27, he became Prefect of Li-shui, about 50 miles south-east of Nanking.
1970, Arthur Waley, “At Peking, 1736 to 1743”, in Yuan Mei: Eighteenth Century Chinese Poet, Stanford, California: Stanford University Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 302 more examples
In the fields near Li-shui there is an enormous camphor tree (illustration 1.) with a built-in niche containing incense cones and an earthenware dish for sacrifices. I also noticed a large number of prayer notes.
1970, Wolfram Eberhard, Studies in Chinese Folklore and Related Essays, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 22Skulls may haunt even without being so bitterly provoked. The country of Ch'u-cheu (in Chekiang province) is very mountainous. There, in the district of Li-shui, situated south of the peak of the Residence of the Immortal Genies, farmers plowing and sowing often break up waste ground, even as far as halfway up the mountains.
2009, Terri Hardin, editor, Terrifying Tales: Stories of the Occult from Around the World, Fall River Press, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 344
Origin
- Mandarin麗水 /丽水
- EnglishLi-shui
From Mandarin 麗水 /丽水 Wade–Giles romanization: Li²-shui³.
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