jiào

峤

Character · NounTraditional嶠

mountain path; pass

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Meanings

1 sense · 2 examples
1.

noun

mountain path; mountain road; mountain pass

literary

An archaic, literary term for a path through mountains. It is rarely used in modern everyday language but may appear in historical or poetic contexts.

Gǔ古
rén人
cháng常
xún循
cǐ此
jiào峤
wǎng往
lái来
yú于
liǎng两
dì地
 。

The ancients often used this mountain pass to travel between the two places.

Duì队
wu伍
zài在
xiǎn险
jùn峻
de的
jiào峤
shàng上
jiān艰
nán难
xíng行
jìn进
 。

The team trudged along the perilous mountain path.