崖 yá
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yá
noun
a cliff; a precipice
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '崖') -
yá
adjective
precipitous
Domain: Literary Chinese 文言文
Notes: (Unihan '崖')
Contained in
- 崖略 outline; essentials
- 悬崖勒马(懸崖勒馬) to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice; to act in the nick of time
- 崖刻 rock carving; cliff engraving; words carved into cliff face
- 崖壁 an escarpment; a precipice; a cliff
- 崖岸 cliff; steep slope; arrogant and difficult person
- 山崖 cliff; a precipice
- 崖海鸦(崖海鴉) common murre (Uria aalge)
- 悬崖(懸崖) a precipice
- 悬崖峭壁(懸崖峭壁) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
- 崖壑 valley; gulley
- 崖沙燕 sand martin (Riparia riparia)
- 悬崖绝壁(懸崖絕壁) sheer cliffs and precipitous rock faces
- 陡崖 steep cliff; precipice
- 断崖(斷崖) a steep cliff; a crag; a precipice
- 崖谷 valley; ravine
- 崖限 cliff barring the way; brick wall
- 淡色崖沙燕 pale martin (Riparia diluta)
Also contained in
崖门战役 、 茫崖行政区 、 琼崖 、 崖山海战 、 千佛崖 、 茫崖 、 珠崖 、 茫崖区 、 茫崖行政委员会 、 崖山 、 崖州
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