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líng

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Definitions

  1. 1. to approach
  2. 2. to rise high
  3. 3. thick ice
  4. 4. to insult or maltreat

Example Sentences

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Source: Tatoeba.org (ID 3378041)

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Words Containing 凌

凌驾
líng jià

to be above

凌志美
líng zhì měi

Laura Ling, US-Taiwanese woman journalist imprisoned as spy by North Korea in 2009

霸凌
bà líng

bullying (loanword)

凌源市
líng yuán shì

Lingyuan, county-level city in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[cháo yáng], Liaoning

违强凌弱
wéi qiáng líng ruò

to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully

凌霄花
líng xiāo huā

Chinese trumpet vine (Campsis grandiflora)

凌源
líng yuán

Lingyuan, county-level city in Chaoyang 朝陽|朝阳[cháo yáng], Liaoning

凌杂
líng zá

in disorder

凌蒙初
líng méng chū

Ling Mengchu (1580-1644), Ming dynasty novelist and dramatist

凌迟
líng chí

the lingering death

凌海市
líng hǎi shì

Linghai, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning

凌云县
líng yún xiàn

Lingyun county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi

冰凌
bīng líng

icicle

凌晨
líng chén

very early in the morning

凌虐
líng nüe4

to maltreat

凌空
líng kōng

be high up in the sky

凌河
líng hé

Linghe district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning

凌乱
líng luàn

messy; disarrayed; disheveled

凌厉
líng lì

swift and fierce

凌辱
líng rǔ

to insult

凌波舞
líng bō wǔ

limbo (dance) (loanword)

凌兢
líng jīng

to shiver; to tremble

凌云
líng yún

Lingyun county in Baise 百色[bǎi sè], Guangxi

凌志
líng zhì

Lexus

欺凌
qī líng

to bully and humiliate

凌夷
líng yí

to deteriorate

盛气凌人
shèng qì líng rén

overbearing

凌海
líng hǎi

Linghai, county-level city in Jinzhou 錦州|锦州, Liaoning

冰激凌
bīng jī líng

ice cream

王心凌
wáng xīn líng

stage name of Cyndi Wang

恃强凌弱
shì qiáng líng ruò

see 恃強欺弱|恃强欺弱[shì qiáng qī ruò]

以强凌弱
yǐ qiáng líng ruò

to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)

凌汛
líng xùn

ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)

气势凌人
qì shì líng rén

arrogant and overbearing

凌杂米盐
líng zá mǐ yán

disordered and fragmentary

凌河区
líng hé qū

Linghe district of Jinzhou city 錦州市|锦州市, Liaoning

凌乱不堪
líng luàn bù kān

in a terrible mess (idiom)