kuī​rán

towering

  • created sense approved 岿然/巋然 · kuī​rán · towering — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    岿然 / 巋然

    kuī​rán

    towering

    (literary) describes the appearance of being high and lofty or standing alone as a large structure; often used in phrases like [[岿然不动|巋然不動|kui1 ran2 bu4 dong4]] to describe standing firm and immovable

    岿 (literal) → 岿/巋 · kuī · towering 然 (bound) → 然 · rán · [state]

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense