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波光粼粼

bō guāng lín lín

4-character word

What 波光粼粼 means

1. idiom(of water) shimmering with ripples; glistening

The characters in 波光粼粼

• 波bōwave; ripple; storm
• 光guānglight; ray; bright; shiny; only; merely
• 粼línclear (as of water)
• 粼línclear (as of water)

Example sentences

• 在一个晴朗的十月天，奈尼湖在午后阳光下波光粼粼，船夫划桨载着游客穿过这片山区度假胜地最核心的景观，草木繁茂、松林复盖的喜马拉雅山峰将其包围。
  On a clear October day, Naini Lake shimmers in the afternoon sun as boatmen row tourists across the hill resort’s prime attraction nestled amid lush, pine-clothed Himalayan peaks.

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