悬崖

xuán yá · xuan ya

Traditional 懸崖

Meaning

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  1. precipice
  2. overhanging cliff

In a sentence

2 examples
01

车(chē)子(zi)若(ruò)是(shì)掉(diào)落(luò)悬(xuán)崖(yá)他(tā)们(men)早(zǎo)就(jiù)没(méi)命(mìng)了(le)。

They would have been killed if the car had gone over the cliff.

Tatoeba: Chinese by basilhan · English by CK · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

02

他(tā)们(men)一(yì)直(zhí)爬(pá)到(dào)悬(xuán)崖(yá)顶(dǐng)上(shàng)。

They climbed to the top of a cliff.

Tatoeba: Chinese by fucongcong · English by Luornu · CC BY 2.0 FR. Pinyin added or corrected.

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