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嶙峋

Mandarin · pinyin lín xún

bony (of people)
craggy
rugged (of terrain)
upright (of people)

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嶙: lín · precipitous
峋: xún · ranges of hills stretching on beyond another irregular peaks

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2–2 · lin2 xun2

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adj

(literary, ideophonic, of gullies, cliffs, buildings) craggy; rugged; deep and overlapping
(literary, ideophonic, of a mountain, rock, building) towering; lofty
(literary, ideophonic, of a person) bony; skinny; gaunt
(literary, ideophonic, of a person) upright; upstanding

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