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喜马拉雅山脉

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6-character word Traditional 喜馬拉雅山脈

What 喜马拉雅山脉 means

1. Himalayas

The characters in 喜马拉雅山脉

• 喜xǐto be fond of; to like; to enjoy
• 马mǎhorse; horse or cavalry piece in Chinese chess; knight in Western chess
• 拉lāto pull; to play (a bowed instrument); to drag
• 雅yǎelegant
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 脉màiarteries and veins; vein (on a leaf, insect wing etc)

Example sentences

• 喜马拉雅山脉比阿尔卑斯山脉高。
  The Himalayas are higher than the Alps.
• 明天，我将飞越雄伟的喜马拉雅山脉。
  Tomorrow, I'll fly over the magnificent Himalayas.
• 喜马拉雅山脉是位于亚洲大陆的山脉。
  The Himalayas are a mountain range located on the Asian continent.
• 喜马拉雅山脉的山峰比安地斯山脉的山峰更高。
  The mountains in the Himalayas are higher than those in the Andes.
• 我听说他们在喜马拉雅山脉发现了雪人的脚印。
  I heard that they found the footprints of an abominable snowman in the Himalayas.
• 喜马拉雅山脉被称为亚洲的水塔，孕育了长江、恒河、印度河等 10 条主要河流。
  Known as the water towers of Asia, the Himalayas feed 10 major rivers such as the Yangtze, the Ganges and the Indus.