崔嵬
Chinese
high mountain; precipitous | rocky | ||
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simp. and trad. (崔嵬) |
崔 | 嵬 |
Pronunciation
Noun
崔嵬
- (literary) stony mound; rocky mountain
- 陟彼崔嵬、我馬虺隤 [Classical Chinese, trad.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, circa 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- zhì bǐ cuīwéi, wǒ mǎ huǐtuí [Pinyin]
- I was ascending that rock-covered height, but my horses were too tired to breast it.
陟彼崔嵬、我马虺隤 [Classical Chinese, simp.]
- (literary) top of a mountain; peak
- (literary, figuratively) huge obstacle; great difficulty
- (literary, figuratively) pent-up anger; sorrows
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