cloud-capped cliff; towering precipice
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Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
cliff that towers into the clouds; high precipice; crag
literaryLiterary term often used in classical poetry and descriptive prose to depict steep, majestic cliffs surrounded by mist and clouds.
Lǐ李
Bái白
shī诗
zhōng中
de的
yún云
yá崖
zhǐ指
de的
shì是
gāo高
sǒng耸
de的
shān山
yá崖
。
In Li Bai's poems, yunyá refers to towering mountain cliffs.
Zhàn站
zài在
yún云
yá崖
zhī之
shàng上
，
fǔ俯
kàn瞰
qún群
shān山
。
Standing atop the cloud-capped cliff, overlooking the mountains.
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Zhè这
zuò座
yún云
yá崖
gāo高
dá达
qiān千
mǐ米
，
yún云
wù雾
liáo缭
rào绕
。
This cloud-piercing cliff rises thousands of meters, shrouded in mist.