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grace / graceful
HSK 7-9
elegant / refined
HSK 7-9
dainty / elegance / elegant
HSK 7-9
Seattle, city in Washington State
IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
Maya (civilization)
Athens, capital of Greece
Hongya County in Meishan 眉山市, Sichuan
Athena
L'Oréal (French cosmetics company)
Yahoo, Internet portal
can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom)
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *雅* | 雅* | *雅
elegant
yuppie (loanword) / young urban professional, 1980s slang
Accord (Honda brand Japanese car model)
Ya'an, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
Yamaha
(of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti / to pose as a culture lover / to be a culture snob / having pretensions to culture
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
elegant / refined / in good taste
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
simple and elegant
the Himalayas
Yajiang county (Tibetan: nyag chu rdzong) in Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture 甘孜藏族自治州, Sichuan (formerly in Kham province of Tibet)
Jacques (name)
Jakarta, capital of Indonesia
elegant / refined beauty
simple yet elegant
(geology) (loanword) yardang
cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
Pattaya, Thailand
refined / elegant
Yahweh
learned
Indo-Aryan
elegant scholar
Nivea, skin and body care brand
magnanimity / tolerance / high capacity for drinking
refined; elegant
cultured / sophisticated
Avon (cosmetics company)
elegant / refined / delicate and charming
serene and elegant (of a place) / ethereal (of music)
Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, west Xinjiang
refined and elegant attitude of mind
refined appelation / (humor) sb's elegant monicker / (hon.) your esteemed name
Van Cleef & Arpels (French luxury jewelry company)
(literary) elegant; graceful; refined
formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou / Korean a'ak / Japanese gagaku
Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia
scholarly / refined / cultured / courteous
elegant and calm / gentle / quiet
elegant and pure
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland
correct (literary) / upright / (hon.) Please point out my shortcomings. / I await your esteemed corrections.
(of a defect etc) to be of no great matter (idiom) / harmless
exquisite / in good taste
valued advice
elegant and tasteful
Trieste, port city in Italy
Yalta
elegance
Aryan
Chelyabinsk town on the eastern flanks of Ural, on trans-Siberian railway
Uliastai, the Qing name for outer Mongolia
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), Russian poet and dramatist
(restaurant etc) private room / booth / comfortable seating
elegant appearance / dignity
simple and elegant
lit. friends for a day (idiom) / fig. casual acquaintance
gentle; urbane; refined
elegant / graceful
Yaoundé, capital city of Cameroon
Jacob (name) / James (name)
graceless / vulgar / indecent
yaws (infectious tropical disease)
Lingya district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
the Acropolis (Athens)
Maya (civilization of central America)
elegant name / honorific
earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅|尔雅, 18150 entries
(Tw) rental room without private bathroom
distinguished assembly (of scholars)
Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet
(literary) spotless reputation
(hon.) your distinguished thoughts / Thank you (for your esteemed contribution to our discussion).
retired and quiet / calm and graceful
fresh / new and elegant
Himalayas
yuppie (loanword) (Tw)
part of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经 / a song / a poem set to elegant music / a refined chant / the biblical Song of Solomon
Himalayas
elegant pastime / refined plaything
Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, west Xinjiang
Hongya County in Meishan 眉山市, Sichuan
Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县, Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
Great Canyon of Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (through the southeast Himalayas, from Tibet to Assam and Bangladesh)
old friend / correct interpretation

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