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  *雲* | 雲* | *雲
cloud / CL:
HSK 2
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  *云* | 云* | *云
(classical) to say
HSK 2
cloudy (meteorology)
HSK 2
black cloud
HSK 6
weather / unstable situation
HSK 7-9
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  *雲* | 雲* | *雲
surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
nebula
Lingyun county in Baise 百色, Guangxi
(lit. and fig.) towering; lofty; high
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
Xiangyun county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州, Yunnan
magic cloud
a haze of doubts and suspicions
Ziyun Hmong and Buyei autonomous county in Anshun 安順|安顺, Guizhou
like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous)
clear sky / fig. high official position / noble
rosy clouds / CL:
to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
mostly sunny; mostly clear (meteorology)
(idiom) teeming with experts
mushroom cloud
nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash
Guanyun county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港, Jiangsu
Jinyun county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
ephemeral (idiom)
Sun Wukong's magical cloud
beautiful clouds
cumulonimbus (cloud)
loud songs reaches the clouds (idiom); fig. to praise to the skies
dark cloud
Miyun, a district of Beijing
Qingyun county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
floating clouds / fleeting / transient
and so on / so and so / many and confused
lit. heroism reaching to the clouds (idiom)
stratocumulus cloud
cirrus (cloud)
stratus (cloud)
Zuoyun county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
Lianyun district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市|连云港市, Jiangsu
altocumulus / high cumulus cloud
cumulus / heap cloud
Crab Nebula
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 捲層雲|卷层云
to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible
cirrocumulus (cloud)
emission nebula
to say what everyone says (idiom) / to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view / to follow the herd
contrail
spiral nebula
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 卷層雲|卷层云
nimbostratus / stratus rain cloud
Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist
(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula
Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor
Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
erroneous form of Kim Jong-un 金正恩
Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty
Ma Yun (1964-), aka Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire businessman, co-founder of Alibaba 阿里巴巴
that's why it is called...
there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things
funnel cloud
Rosette nebula NGC 2237
cloudless
Horsehead Nebula
Eagle Nebula, aka Star Queen Nebula, M16
a galactic nebula
contrail
altostratus / high stratus cloud
Trifid Nebula, M20
diffuse nebula
great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31
Evian, mineral water company / Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south-eastern France
reflection nebula
lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful
dust cloud
extragalactic nebula
undulatus
diffuse nebula
nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash
the Great Nebula in Orion M42
Lagoon Nebula, M8
Tarantula Nebula
as the saying goes...
electron cloud
Omega or Horseshoe Nebula M17
to ride the clouds / fig. self-satisfied / arrogant
Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16


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