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层峦叠嶂

céng luán dié zhàng · range upon range of mountains (idiom)

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Simplified层峦叠嶂

Traditional層巒疊嶂

Pinyincéng luán dié zhàng

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Character breakdown

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层céng

layer, floor, story, stratum

峦luán

mountain range; tall pointed mountain

叠dié

pile; layer; to fold up; to repeat, to duplicate

嶂zhàng

cliff; the barrier formed by a mountain range

How to learn 层峦叠嶂

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层céng

to pile on top of one another; layer; stratum; floor (of a building); story; (math.) sheaf; classifier for layers

层次céngcì

layer; level; gradation; arrangement of ideas; (a person's) standing

层面céngmiàn

aspect; facet; level (political, psychological, spiritual etc); (geology) bedding plane

高层gāocéng

high-rise; high level; high class

层出不穷céngchū-bùqióng

more and more emerge; innumerable succession; breeding like flies (idiom)

重叠chóngdié

to overlap; to superimpose; to telescope; to run together; to duplicate; one over another; superposition; an overlap; redundancy; reduplication (in Chinese grammar, e.g. 散散步[san4 san4 bu4] to have a stroll)