吴头楚尾

wú tóu chǔ wěi

lit. head in Wu and tail in Chu (idiom); fig. close together

head-to-tail; one thing starts where the other leaves off

area comprising southern Jiangsu, northern Zhejiang and Shanghai

tóu

head

chǔ

abbr. for Hubei 湖北省[Hu2 bei3 Sheng3] and Hunan 湖南省[Hu2 nan2 Sheng3] provinces together

wěi

tail