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Meaning of 崖

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Pinyin:
English Definition: precipice; cliff; Taiwan pr. [yai2]
Chinese Definition:
①高地的边,陡立的山边:山崖。悬崖。崖谷。崖壑。崖壁。崖葬(悬棺葬)。崖岸。悬崖勒马。
②边际:崖略(大略,梗概)。
Total strokes: 11; Radical:
Ideographic: A mountain precipice ; also provides the pronunciation
Character Formation:
  • Above to below
    • [ shān ] mountain, hill, peak
    • [ ] precipice; river bank, shore; surname
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Example Words
悬崖 xuán precipice; overhanging cliff
山崖 shān cliff
悬崖勒马 xuán lit. to rein in the horse at the edge of the precipice (idiom); fig. to act in the nick of time
崖壁 escarpment; precipice; cliff
断崖 duàn steep cliff; crag; precipice
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Example Sentences
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Psychologists have long assumed that our misperception of slope was biased by fatigue or even fear of falling.
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After all, if you do what you love and that happens to be rock collecting or ice cliff jumping, you probably won' t be able to have the money follow.
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I wanted to join them there but I could not bring myself to steer to the right, toward the edge.
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Although this might lead to a skynet, it also means that a robot car will not drive over a cliff or overtake on a dangerous bend.
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Today, the Banzai cliffs, as they are known, have become a place of remembrance for of the countries of the world.