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崔嵬

Mandarin · pinyin cuī wéi#

stony mound
rocky mountain
lofty
towering

Mandarin · pinyin Cuī Wéi#

Cui Wei (1912-1979), actor, dramatist and movie director

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崔: cuī · high, lofty, towering; surname
嵬: wéi · high; rugged, rocky, precipitous

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noun

(literary) stony mound; rocky mountain
(literary) top of a mountain; peak
(literary, figurative) huge obstacle; great difficulty
(literary, figurative) pent-up anger; sorrows

adj

(literary, ideophonic) lofty; towering
(literary, ideophonic) magnificent; eminent

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