Meaning of Lake Tai | Babel Free

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a large freshwater lake west of Shanghai in eastern China

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“SOUTCHEOU, a city of the firſt rank, in the province of Kiangnan, in China, beautifully and agreeably ſituated on a river which communicates with the Lake Tai.”

“The village chosen for my investigation is called Kaihsienkung, locally pronounced kejiug’on. It is situated on the south-east bank of Lake Tai, in the lower course of the Yangtze River and about eighty miles west of Shanghai.”

Peasant Life in China

“At Lake Tai on the border⟳ of the wealthy coastal provinces of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, water levels hit 4.49 metres on Wednesday, 0.69 metres above the official warning level, according to government data.[…] Though still short of the 4.97-metre record⟳ set⟳ in 1999, Lake Tai is on the rise⟳. Nearby Shanghai is already taking precautions, opening its sluice gates to discharge excess floodwaters.”

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