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grace / graceful
HSK 7-9
gentle; urbane; refined
L'Oréal (French cosmetics company)
Lingya district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
elegant appearance / dignity
Uriah (name)
Jacob (name) / James (name)
James Legge (1815-1897), Scottish Protestant missionary in Qing China and translator of the Chinese classics into English
yaws (infectious tropical disease)
Himalayas
dainty / elegance / elegant
HSK 7-9
can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom)
refined; elegant
the Himalayas
cultured / sophisticated
elegant / refined
HSK 7-9
Atayal or Tayal, one of the indigenous ethnic groups of Taiwan
Maya (civilization)
Yahoo, Internet portal
Maya peoples
graceless / vulgar / indecent
Athens, capital of Greece
the Acropolis (Athens)
(literary) spotless reputation
elegant / refined / in good taste
Yamaha
elegant scholar
(name) Julia
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elegant
fresh / new and elegant
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)
"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
(restaurant etc) private room / booth / comfortable seating
Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia
(of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti / to pose as a culture lover / to be a culture snob / having pretensions to culture
(hon.) your great kindness
elegance
Julia Gillard (1961–), Australian politician, prime minister 2010–2013
variant Creutzfeldt-Jacobs disease, vCJD
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
(geology) (loanword) yardang
(hon.) your distinguished thoughts / Thank you (for your esteemed contribution to our discussion).
elegant and tasteful
refined / elegant
exquisite / in good taste
scholarly / refined / cultured / courteous
Himalayas
serene and elegant (of a place) / ethereal (of music)
Hongya County in Meishan 眉山市, Sichuan
yuppie (loanword) / young urban professional, 1980s slang
distinguished assembly (of scholars)
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD
IELTS (International English Language Testing System)
Indo-Aryan
earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅|尔雅, 18150 entries
Pattaya, Thailand
private room (in a restaurant, bath house, etc)
Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet
Jacob (name) / Saint James
Jaffa (Israeli port)
elegant pastime / refined plaything
lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined
elegant and pure
learned
simple and elegant
Siraya, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
Maya (civilization of central America)
perfect finish (idiom)
Benjamin (name)
Nivea, skin and body care brand
valued advice
lit. friends for a day (idiom) / fig. casual acquaintance
Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, west Xinjiang
cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
Uliastai, the Qing name for outer Mongolia
Yahweh
Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县, Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
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
Yale-China Association, independent organization founded in 1901
refined and elegant attitude of mind
refined appelation / (humor) sb's elegant monicker / (hon.) your esteemed name
János (Hungarian name)
Accord (Honda brand Japanese car model)
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), Russian poet and dramatist
Van Cleef & Arpels (French luxury jewelry company)
fine verse
Great Canyon of Yarlung Tsangpo-Brahmaputra (through the southeast Himalayas, from Tibet to Assam and Bangladesh)
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland (Tw)
chikungunya fever
Mt Yarla Shampo, in Dawu County 道孚縣|道孚县, Garze Tibetan autonomous prefecture, Sichuan
ancient Athens
refined / graceful / elegant / serene
Abijah (biblical name)
Yalong river of Tibet and Sichuan
old friend / correct interpretation
simple yet elegant
Caesarea (town in Israel, between Tel Aviv and Haifa)

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