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crepuscular rays / sunbeams
altocumulus / high cumulus cloud
(meteorology) cloudy
HSK 2
Qingyunpu, a district of Nanchang City 南昌市, Jiangxi
Yun county in Lincang 臨滄|临沧, Yunnan
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  *雲* | 雲* | *雲
surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
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  *雲* | 雲* | *雲
cloud / CL:
HSK 2
black cloud
HSK 6
Chen Yunlin (1941-), chairman of PRC Association for Relations Across the Taiwan Straits (ARATS) 海峽兩岸關係協會|海峡两岸关系协会 (2008-2013)
nimbostratus / stratus rain cloud
diffuse nebula
cirrus (cloud)
Evian, mineral water company / Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south-eastern France
cloud computing
mostly sunny; mostly clear (meteorology)
(the) skies
Yunlong district of Xuzhou city 徐州市, Jiangsu / Yunlong county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州, Yunnan
to surge like a gathering storm (idiom) / to grow by leaps and bounds
high in the clouds / (computing) the cloud
amidst the clouds and mist / (fig.) mystified / puzzled
marble
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
the clouds / cloud layer / cloud bank
a cloud
(bird species of China) Eurasian skylark (Alauda arvensis)
rosy clouds / CL:
as different as heaven and earth (idiom) / worlds apart
Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
(lit. and fig.) towering; lofty; high
diffuse nebula
lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom); fig. to restore justice
Lingyun, a county in Baise City 百色市, Guangxi
dolomite
cumulus / heap cloud
mist
cloud
muscovite, mica (used in TCM)
lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful
Yunlin county in Taiwan
(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
Jinyun county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
dust cloud
fortune as unpredictable as the weather, every day may bring fortune or calamity (idiom); sth unexpected may happen at any moment
cumulonimbus (cloud)
clouding agent / emulsifier
Lianyun, a district of Lianyungang City 連雲港市|连云港市, Jiangsu
a galactic nebula
muscovite, mica (used in TCM)
cloud storage service
(bird species of China) marbled teal; marbled duck (Marmaronetta angustirostris)
tripod head
Yunxiao, a county in Zhangzhou City 漳州市, Fujian
Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty
beyond the topmost clouds (idiom) / unimaginably far away
Baiyun, a district of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong / Baiyun, a district of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市, Guizhou
Baiyun Airport (Guangzhou)
a kind of cake
contrail
mushroom cloud
to gather (in a crowd) / to converge / to swarm
stratocumulus cloud
Zuoyun county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash
muscovite, mica (used in TCM)
Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
Zuoyun county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
supremely honorable and righteous
Yunhe county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) / fig. to yearn for relief from a desperate situation
(idiom) to vanish like smoke in thin air; to disappear
Chinese milk vetch (Astragalus sinicus)
ephemeral (idiom)
(bird species of China) Chinese leaf warbler (Phylloscopus yunnanensis)
the man (or woman) of the moment (idiom) / influential figure
like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous)
Crab Nebula
Lianyungang, prefecture-level city in Jiangsu Province 江蘇省|江苏省
(idiom) free spirit; person who leads a carefree, unfettered life
(idiom) a world of difference
lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom)
Liu Yunshan (1947-), PRC politician, background in journalism in Inner Mongolia, head of the Central Propaganda Department 2002-2012
floating clouds, morning dew (idiom); fig. ephemeral nature of human existence
lit. a white cloud transforms into what looks like a gray dog (idiom) / fig. the unpredictable changeability of the world
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
Yunfu, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
Yunnan and Guizhou plateau in southwest China, covering east Yunnan, whole of Guizhou, west of Guangxi and southern margins of Sichuan, Hubei and Hunan
to be bustling with customers
nebula
floating clouds / fleeting / transient
cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom); tall building with the windows in the clouds
Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan

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