líng

mound

tomb; hill; mountain

mound terrain (阝) + ascending (夌) = a great burial hill

阝 on the left signals terrain or an earthen mound. 夌 carries the sense of ascending or overcoming, evoking a raised landform that must be climbed.

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MoundSemantic

山上有一座古老的墓。

shān shàng yǒu yī zuò gǔ lǎo de líng mù。

There is an ancient tomb on the mountain.

我们去参观了皇帝的园。

wǒ men qù cān guān le huáng dì de líng yuán。

We went to visit the emperor's mausoleum grounds.

Words with 陵

违强陵弱

wéi qiáng líng ruò

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

鄢陵

yān líng

see 鄢陵縣|鄢陵县[Yan1 ling2 Xian4]

鄢陵县

yān líng xiàn

Yanling, a county in Xuchang City 許昌市|许昌市[Xu3 chang1 Shi4], Henan

醴陵

lǐ líng

see 醴陵市[Li3 ling2 Shi4]

醴陵市

lǐ líng shì

Liling, a county-level city in Zhuzhou City 株洲市[Zhu1 zhou1 Shi4], Hunan

金陵

jīn líng

pre-Han name for Nanjing

金陵大学

jīn líng dà xué

University of Nanking

铜陵

tóng líng

see 銅陵市|铜陵市[Tong2 ling2 Shi4]

铜陵市

tóng líng shì

Tongling, prefecture-level city in Anhui Province 安徽省[An1 hui1 Sheng3]

闯王陵

chuǎng wáng líng

mausoleum to the late-Ming peasant rebel leader Li Zicheng 李自成[Li3 Ze4 cheng2], nicknamed Dashing King 闖王|闯王[Chuang3 Wang2]

陵园

líng yuán

cemetery

陵墓

líng mù

tomb

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