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Open the tool →塞上江南 (sài shàng jiāng nán) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “a fertile and prosperous region in the northern frontier”.
塞上江南 is pronounced sài shàng jiāng nán in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 塞上江南 means “Jiangnan beyond the Great Wall”. It is used to mean “a fertile and prosperous region in the northern frontier”.
原指古凉州治内贺兰山一带。后泛指塞外富庶之地。同“塞北江南”。