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  *云* | 云* | *云
(classical) to say
HSK 2
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  *云* | 云* | *云
cloud / CL:
HSK 2
cloudy (meteorology)
HSK 2
black cloud
HSK 6
weather / unstable situation
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  *云* | 云* | *云
surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
clear sky / fig. high official position / noble
(military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain
high in the clouds / (computing) the cloud
Jinyun county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
to gather (in a crowd) / to converge / to swarm
nebula
Lingyun county in Baise 百色, Guangxi
(lit. and fig.) towering; lofty; high
Yunlong district of Xuzhou city 徐州市, Jiangsu / Yunlong county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州, Yunnan
tripod head
Baiyun District of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市, Guizhou / Baiyun District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
white cloud
rosy clouds / CL:
and so on / so and so / many and confused
clouds and mist
Miyun, a district of Beijing
floating clouds / fleeting / transient
Ziyun Hmong and Buyei autonomous county in Anshun 安順|安顺, Guizhou
Yunyan District of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市, Guizhou
to wander (typically of an errant priest)
(coll.) cloud / CL:
the clouds / cloud layer / cloud bank
a cloud
Yunxi district of Yueyang city 岳陽|岳阳, Hunan
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
(bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous)
Lianyun district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市|连云港市, Jiangsu
Evian, mineral water company / Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south-eastern France
a haze of doubts and suspicions
wonton
Yunxiao county in Zhangzhou 漳州, Fujian
(the) skies
to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom); fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love
mica
Yunhe county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
Qingyun county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
Yunyang, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆
cirrus (cloud)
to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds
Qingyunpu district of Nanchang city 南昌市, Jiangxi
lit. cloud and rain / fig. sexual intercourse
spruce
to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful
the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure
Xiangyun county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州, Yunnan
magic cloud
dark cloud
Yunmeng county in Xiaogan 孝感, Hubei
changeable situation (idiom)
dolomite
to say what everyone says (idiom) / to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view / to follow the herd
Guanyun county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港, Jiangsu
in large numbers / in force / lit. clouds bubbling up
muscovite, mica (used in TCM)
mist
lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced
amidst the clouds and mist / (fig.) mystified / puzzled
cloudless
a woman's beautiful, thick hair
cloud
mist; clouds; smoke
tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
Yun county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧, Yunnan
Zuoyun county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
supremely honorable and righteous
Yuncheng district of Yunfu city 雲浮市|云浮市, Guangdong
beyond the topmost clouds (idiom) / unimaginably far away
cumulus / heap cloud
rising straight up in a clear sky (idiom); rapid promotion to a high post / meteoric career
ephemeral (idiom)
(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke
cumulonimbus (cloud)
to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible
lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
ephemeral (idiom)
(idiom) a world of difference
a kind of cake
lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom); fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives)
lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom); fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 捲層雲|卷层云
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 卷層雲|卷层云
nimbostratus / stratus rain cloud
stratus (cloud)
as different as heaven and earth (idiom) / worlds apart
lit. enveloped in clouds and mist (idiom) / fig. (of speech or writing) unclear; confusing
Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
Yunnan Province, capital Kunming 昆明市 (abbr. to 雲|云 or )
beautiful clouds

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