两岸

• 拼音: liǎng àn
• 汉字拆解: 两 = 一 (one) + 内 (inside), originally depicting two; 岸 = 山 (mountain) + 厂 (cliff) + 干 (dry), riverbank

含义

Both sides of a river or strait; cross-strait. Often refers to relations between mainland China and Taiwan.

Literally means the two banks or shores. In political and news contexts, commonly refers to cross-strait relations between mainland China and Taiwan. In everyday usage, can simply describe both sides of any river or body of water.

例句

1. 黄河两岸的风景非常壮观。
2. 两岸关系的发展受到国际社会的广泛关注。
3. 这条河的两岸住着几万户人家。

用法指南

语境: geography, politics, news

语气: neutral

正确说法

• 两岸的文化交流越来越频繁了。(Cultural exchanges between the two sides are becoming more frequent.)
• 江两岸灯火辉煌。(Both sides of the river are brilliantly lit.)

错误说法

• 这个湖的两岸很美。(Lakes typically don't have 岸 in the same sense — use 湖边 or 沿岸)

起源与历史

两 (liǎng, two/both) + 岸 (àn, shore/bank). The two shores or sides.

文化背景

世代: All ages

社会背景: Universal