mountain branch; offshoot
Tone colorsmāmámǎmàma
Meanings
1 sense · 3 examplesnoun
branch of a mountain range; mountain offshoot
Used in geography to describe a smaller mountain range or ridge that branches off from a main mountain system.
Fú伏
niú牛
shān山
shì是
Qín秦
lǐng岭
de的
zhī支
mài脉
。
Mount Funiu is a branch of the Qinling Mountains.
Dà大
bié别
shān山
kě可
yǐ以
kàn看
zuò作
shì是
Qín秦
lǐng岭
de的
dōng东
xiàng向
zhī支
mài脉
。
The Dabie Mountains can be regarded as the eastward offshoot of the Qinling range.
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Zhè这
tiáo条
zhī支
mài脉
xiàng向
dōng东
nán南
fāng方
xiàng向
yán延
shēn伸
le了
shù数
bǎi百
gōng公
lǐ里
。
This mountain branch extends hundreds of kilometers toward the southeast.