京杭大运河

jīng háng dà yùn hé

the Grand Canal, 1800 km from Beijing to Hangzhou, built starting from 486 BC

京

jīng

abbr. for Beijing 北京[Bei3 jing1]

杭

háng

abbr. for Hangzhou 杭州[Hang2 zhou1]

大

dà

big; large; great

运

yùn

to move

河

hé

river (CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4])