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凌

Mandarin · pinyin líng#

to approach
to rise high
thick ice
to insult or maltreat

Mandarin · pinyin Líng#

surname Ling

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凌: líng · pure; virtuous; insult; maltreat

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ice
to rise high; to go up; to climb over; to traverse
to place oneself above; to override; to transgress
to ride (wind, etc.)
to bully and humiliate; to insult; to encroach on; to invade
to risk; to brave
to approach; to draw near; to close in on
to tremble
disorderly; messy
a surname

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(obsolete on its own in Standard Chinese) to freeze up; to form ice

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