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grace / graceful
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dainty / elegance / elegant
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elegant / refined
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  *雅* | 雅* | *雅
elegant
Himalayas
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland (Tw)
Yahoo, Internet portal
Jacob (name) / James (name)
Maya (civilization)
graceless / vulgar / indecent
refined; elegant
Jakarta, capital of Indonesia
Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia
"Erya" or "The Ready Guide", first extant Chinese dictionary, c. 3rd century BC, with glossaries on classical texts
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
Athena
Seattle, city in Washington State
Indo-Aryan
elegant / refined beauty
Avon (cosmetics company)
Hongya County in Meishan 眉山市, Sichuan
the Himalayas
Athens, capital of Greece
learned
Atayal or Tayal, one of the indigenous ethnic groups of Taiwan
simple and elegant
Tao or Yami, one of the indigenous peoples of Taiwan
elegant scholar
(of a defect etc) to be of no great matter (idiom) / harmless
yuppie (loanword) (Tw)
gentle; urbane; refined
fresh / new and elegant
Riyadh, capital of Saudi Arabia (Tw)
elegant and calm / gentle / quiet
Maya peoples
earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, 3rd century, modeled on Erya 爾雅|尔雅, 18150 entries
can be enjoyed by scholars and lay-people alike (idiom)
Ljubljana, capital of Slovenia
elegant and pure
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
elegant pastime / refined plaything
(hon.) your great kindness
elegance
poetic individual / person of refined temperament
offensive to the eye / unbecoming / unsightly / ungainly
yuppie (loanword)
formal ceremonial music of each succeeding Chinese dynasty starting with the Zhou / Korean a'ak / Japanese gagaku
cultured and refined (idiom); gentle and cultivated
Jacques (name)
Ya'an, prefecture-level city in Sichuan Province 四川省
refined appelation / (humor) sb's elegant monicker / (hon.) your esteemed name
distinguished assembly (of scholars)
refined and elegant attitude of mind
lit. not fit for elegant hall (of artwork) / not presentable / coarse / unrefined
(of an uneducated person) to mingle with the cognoscenti / to pose as a culture lover / to be a culture snob / having pretensions to culture
Niya, ancient kingdom near Khotan in Xinjiang, 1st century BC-4th century AD
elegant and tasteful
scholarly / refined / cultured / courteous
Hongya County in Meishan 眉山市, Sichuan
Yalta
simple yet elegant
Yarlung Tsangpo River, Tibet
elegant / refined / delicate and charming
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)
court music and vulgar music (i.e. 雅樂|雅乐, music of the court, and 鄭聲|郑声, music of the state of Zheng, which was regarded as lewd)
elegant / refined / in good taste
(literary) spotless reputation
cultured / sophisticated
correct (literary) / upright / (hon.) Please point out my shortcomings. / I await your esteemed corrections.
Yaoundé, capital city of Cameroon
refined (of writing)
elegant / graceful
refined / graceful / elegant / serene
serene and elegant (of a place) / ethereal (of music)
one of the three main divisions of the Book of Songs 詩經|诗经
valued advice
your kind offer / your valued advice / delicate interest and charm
Aryan
perfect finish (idiom)
simple and elegant
exquisite / in good taste
(restaurant etc) private room / booth / comfortable seating
Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, west Xinjiang
lit. friends for a day (idiom) / fig. casual acquaintance
Reykjavik, capital of Iceland
(geology) (loanword) yardang
(literary) elegant; graceful; refined
Shayar nahiyisi (Shaya county) in Aksu 阿克蘇地區|阿克苏地区, west Xinjiang
Vladimir Mayakovsky (1893-1930), Russian poet and dramatist
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)
Yamoussoukro, capital of Ivory Coast (Tw)
Yamaha
yuppie (loanword) / young urban professional, 1980s slang
(Tw) rental room without private bathroom
yaws (infectious tropical disease)
refined pleasure of poetic minds
variant of 鴉片|鸦片
Lingya district of Kaohsiung city 高雄市, south Taiwan
retired and quiet / calm and graceful

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