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  *云* | 云* | *云
(classical) to say
HSK 2
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  *云* | 云* | *云
cloud / CL:
HSK 2
cloudy (meteorology)
HSK 2
black cloud
HSK 6
weather / unstable situation
HSK 7-9
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surname Yun / abbr. for Yunnan Province 雲南省|云南省
clear sky / fig. high official position / noble
Jinyun county in Lishui 麗水|丽水, Zhejiang
nebula
Lingyun county in Baise 百色, Guangxi
(lit. and fig.) towering; lofty; high
Baiyun District of Guiyang City 貴陽市|贵阳市, Guizhou / Baiyun District of Guangzhou City 廣州市|广州市, Guangdong
white cloud
rosy clouds / CL:
and so on / so and so / many and confused
Miyun, a district of Beijing
floating clouds / fleeting / transient
Ziyun Hmong and Buyei autonomous county in Anshun 安順|安顺, Guizhou
like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous)
Lianyun district of Lianyungang city 連雲港市|连云港市, Jiangsu
Evian, mineral water company / Évian-les-Bains, resort and spa town in south-eastern France
a haze of doubts and suspicions
Qingyun county in Dezhou 德州, Shandong
cirrus (cloud)
to rapidly go up in the world / meteoric rise (of a career, social position etc)
lit. to rebuke Heaven and Earth (idiom); fig. shaking the whole world / all-powerful
Xiangyun county in Dali Bai autonomous prefecture 大理白族自治州, Yunnan
magic cloud
dark cloud
to say what everyone says (idiom) / to conform to what one perceives to be the majority view / to follow the herd
Guanyun county in Lianyungang 連雲港|连云港, Jiangsu
cloudless
tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper
Zuoyun county in Datong 大同, Shanxi
cumulus / heap cloud
cumulonimbus (cloud)
to not know what sb is driving at / to be unintelligible
ephemeral (idiom)
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 捲層雲|卷层云
cirrostratus (cloud) / also written 卷層雲|卷层云
nimbostratus / stratus rain cloud
stratus (cloud)
Zhao Yun (-229), general of Shu in Romance of the Three Kingdoms
beautiful clouds
as the saying goes...
Chen Yun (1905-1995), communist leader and economist
Ma Yun (1964-), aka Jack Ma, Chinese billionaire businessman, co-founder of Alibaba 阿里巴巴
to ride the clouds / fig. self-satisfied / arrogant
dust cloud
nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash
Gao Yun (died 409) emperor of Northern or Later Yan dynasty
stratocumulus cloud
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
that's why it is called...
altostratus / high stratus cloud
(idiom) teeming with experts
Rosette nebula NGC 2237
contrail
reflection nebula
(astronomy) dark nebula; absorption nebula
Lagoon Nebula, M8
Tarantula Nebula
Crab Nebula
cirrocumulus (cloud)
funnel cloud
the Great Nebula in Orion M42
emission nebula
Sun Wukong's magical cloud
Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
Eagle or Star Queen Nebula M16
Trifid Nebula, M20
diffuse nebula
great nebula in Andromeda or Andromeda galaxy M31
Lau Ching-Wan (1964-), Hong Kong actor
spiral nebula
mostly sunny; mostly clear (meteorology)
extragalactic nebula
undulatus
diffuse nebula
nuée ardente / hot cloud of volcanic ash
Eagle Nebula, aka Star Queen Nebula, M16
mushroom cloud
lit. heroism reaching to the clouds (idiom)
erroneous form of Kim Jong-un 金正恩
a galactic nebula
electron cloud
contrail
Omega or Horseshoe Nebula M17
Horsehead Nebula
loud songs reaches the clouds (idiom); fig. to praise to the skies
altocumulus / high cumulus cloud


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