céngdié

层叠

Word · VerbTraditional層疊

to overlap; to pile up in layers

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

verb

to overlap; to pile up in layers; to stack tier upon tier

literary

Commonly used in descriptive writing to depict mountains, clouds, or objects arranged in tiers. Often reduplicated as 层层叠叠 to function as an adjective meaning 'layer upon layer'.

Yuǎn远
chù处
de的
gāng冈
luán峦
céng层
dié叠
qǐ起
fú伏
 。

The distant mountain ridges rise and fall in overlapping layers.

Zhè这
xiē些
mù木
bǎn板
céng层
dié叠
zài在
yī一
qǐ起
 。

These wooden boards are stacked on top of one another.

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Yǎn眼
qián前
shì是
céng层
céng层
dié叠
dié叠
de的
xuě雪
fēng峰
 。

Before my eyes were layer upon layer of snow-capped peaks.

Yún云
céng层
dié叠
jī积
zài在
shān山
dǐng顶
shàng上
 。

Clouds piled up in layers on the mountaintop.