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山谷

shān gǔ

HSK 3.0 level 7-9 2-character word

山谷 (shān gǔ) means "valley; ravine". It is an HSK 3.0 level 7-9 word, and was not on the old six-level HSK list.

What 山谷 means

1. valley
2. ravine

The characters in 山谷

• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 谷gǔgrain; corn

Example sentences

• 小山后面有个美丽的山谷。
  Xiǎoshān hòumian yǒu ge měilì de shāngǔ.
  A beautiful valley lies behind the hill.
• 我们下到山谷里，那里有个村庄。
  We went down to the valley where the village is.
• 齐里听到山谷里传来摩托车的轰鸣声。
  Ziri heard the sound of a motorcycle echoing in the valley.
• 图阿雷格人该把他们的牲畜转移到山谷去了。
  It's time for the Tuaregs to transfer their herds to the valley.
• 我们听见自己说话的回音从山谷的另一边传了回来。
  Wǒmen tīngjiàn zìjǐ shuōhuà de huíyīn cóng shāngǔ de lìngyī biān chuán le huílai.
  We heard the echo of our voices from the other side of the valley.
• 山谷中，薄雾如白色羽毛般缓缓升腾，化作一团白云，遮蔽了一切。
  Down in the valley a mist like a white feather rose gently into a white cloud, and obscured everything.

Words starting with 山谷

• 山谷市Shān gǔ ShìThe Valley, capital of Anguilla (a British Overseas Territory in the Caribbean)

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