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蜿蜒

wān yán

2-character word

What 蜿蜒 means

1. (of a snake) to wriggle along
2. (of a river etc) to zigzag; to meander; to wind

The characters in 蜿蜒

• 蜿wānused in 蜿蜒
• 蜒yánslug; used in 蜿蜒

Example sentences

• 蜿蜒的小路爬上了陡坡。
  Wānyán de xiǎolù páshàng le dǒupō.
  The path zigzagged up the steep slope.
• 这条小路沿着陡峭的斜坡蜿蜒而上。
  Zhè tiáo xiǎolù yánzhe dǒuqiào de xiépō wānyán ér shàng.
  The path zigzagged up the steep slope.

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