- in accordance with; to follow (the rules)
- to reach (a place) directly; (transportation) to reach the destination without changing service or without stopping; (of a train, flight etc) direct; nonstop
- to cut (a canal, tunnel, well etc)
- to stay level (of exchange rate, market share etc); fair; unbiased
- to disperse; to scatter in all directions
- bilateral; both shores; both sides; both coasts; Taiwan and mainland
- to rely heavily upon
- roundabout route; circuitous; tortuous; to outflank; indirect; roundabout
- see 揚州市|扬州市[Yang2 zhou1 Shi4]
- July; seventh month (of the lunar year)
- (of a watercourse) to breach its banks; (of a dam) to burst
- 扬 Yáng: 扬 Yang2: abbr. for Yangzhou 揚州|扬州[Yang2 zhou1] in Jiangsu; surname Yang扬 yáng: 扬 yang2: to raise; to hoist; the action of tossing or winnowing; scattering (in the wind); to flutter; to propagate
- the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC
- watercourse (river, canal, drain etc); water route; lane (in a swimming pool)
- manpower; labor power
- withered; shriveled; dried-up
- have no choice or option but to; cannot but; have to; can't help it; can't avoid
- each person; everybody; per person
- resident; inhabitant
- depression; low-lying area; low-lying; sunken
- severe drought (literary)
- see 長治市|长治市[Chang2 zhi4 Shi4]; see 長治鄉|长治乡[Chang2 zhi4 Xiang1]
- 亢 Kàng: 亢 Kang4: surname Kang; Kang, one of the 28 constellations亢 kàng: 亢 kang4: high; overbearing; excessive
- drought; (of land, climate etc) arid; dry
- equitable; fair
- to comply with; to obey
- to assume full responsibility; to be in full control; to monopolize
- head rope of a fishing net; guiding principle; key link; class (taxonomy); outline; program
- ruler
- low-lying
- hillside
- nature (the natural world)
- government decree