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崇山峻岭

Word · Noun phraseTraditional崇山峻嶺

lofty and precipitous mountain ranges

Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma

Meanings

1 sense · 3 examples
1.

noun phrase

high and perilous mountains; lofty and rugged mountain ranges

literary

A fixed idiom used in literary or descriptive contexts to evoke grandeur and inaccessibility. Often describes vast, majestic, and forbidding mountainous terrain.

Tàn探
xiǎn险
duì队
chuān穿
yuè越
le了
wú无
shù数
de的
chóng崇
shān山
jùn峻
lǐng岭
 。

The expedition team traversed countless lofty and precipitous mountains.

Zhè这
fú幅
huà画
miáo描
huì绘
le了
yún云
wù雾
liáo缭
rào绕
de的
chóng崇
shān山
jùn峻
lǐng岭
 。

This painting depicts lofty mountain ranges shrouded in mist and clouds.

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Gǔ古
dài代
 ,
zhè这
xiē些
chóng崇
shān山
jùn峻
lǐng岭
shì是
tiān天
rán然
de的
píng屏
zhàng障
 。

In ancient times, these high and perilous mountains served as natural barriers.