岭 (嶺)
lǐng
Pinyin
Definition
岭 (嶺)
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- mountain range
- mountain ridge
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
- 1 Badaling, a particular section of the Great Wall that is a favorite tourist destination
- 1 dividing range
- 2 drainage divide
- 3 (fig.) dividing line
- 4 watershed
- 1 south of the five ranges
- 2 old term for south China, esp. Guangdong and Guangxi
- 1 Wenling county level city in Taizhou 台州[Tāi zhōu], Zhejiang
- 1 Qinling mountain range in Shaanxi forming natural barrier between Guanzhong plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guān zhōng píng yuán] and Han River 漢水|汉水[Hàn shuǐ] valley
Idioms (3)
崇山峻岭
- 1 towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)
巴山越岭
- 1 to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom); to cross mountain after mountain
- 2 good at climbing mountains
翻山越岭
- 1 to pass over mountains ridges (idiom); fig. hardships of the journey
Sample Sentences
分水岭
Watershed.
对啊，那再到后来，金马奖上又出现了很多思想前卫、表现大胆的新浪潮电影，侯孝贤的《悲情城市》、杨德昌的《牯岭街少年杀人事件》是其中的代表。
Yeah, then after that, there were the avant garde and bold New Wave films, such as the representative works, Hou Hsiao-hsien's "A City of Sadness" and Edward Yang's "A Brighter Summer's Day".
从黑龙江到岭南，13个地区为中国贡献了75%以上的粮食产量。由于粮食生产和人口分布的差异性，必须通过“北粮南运”解决南方的粮食需求。
From Heilongjiang to Lingnan, 13 regions contribute to more than 75% of China's grain production. Due to the differences in food production and population distribution, food demand in the South has to be solved through the “Northern Grain and South Transportation”.
嗯，藏传佛教的信徒好像特别虔诚。你看他们朝圣的时候，一步一叩，五体投地的膜拜姿势，就知道他们有多虔诚了。而且在朝圣之路上，他们始终保持这样的姿势，翻山越岭，直到到达布达拉宫。听说有人朝圣一次要花上几年的时间。