云 层 yún céng the clouds / cloud layer / cloud bank 云 烟 yún yān mist / clouds / smoke 浓 厚 nóng hòu dense / thick (fog, clouds etc) / to have a strong interest in / deep / fully saturated (color) 云 雾 yún wù clouds and mist 浮 云 fú yún floating clouds / fleeting / transient 彩 云 cǎi yún rosy clouds / CL:朵[duo3] 晚 霞 wǎn xiá sunset glow / sunset clouds / afterglow 云 端 yún duān high in the clouds / (computing) the cloud 行 云 流 水 xíng yún liú shuǐ lit. moving clouds and flowing water (idiom) / fig. very natural and flowing style of calligraphy, writing, etc / natural and unforced 彩 霞 cǎi xiá clouds tinged with sunset hues 翻 云 覆 雨 fān yún fù yǔ to produce clouds with one turn of the hand and rain with another (idiom) / fig. to shift one's ground / tricky and inconstant / to make love 高 耸 入 云 gāo sǒng rù yún tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom) / used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper 拨 云 见 日 bō yún jiàn rì lit. to dispel the clouds and see the sun (idiom) / fig. to restore justice 烟 霭 yān ǎi mist and clouds 风 流 云 散 fēng liú yún sàn lit. dispersed by wind and scattered like clouds (idiom) / fig. scattered far and wide (of friends and relatives) 霞 rose-tinted sky or clouds at sunrise or sunset 雯 multicolored clouds 昙 dark clouds 霨 rising of clouds 霮 denseness of clouds 九 霄 云 外 jiǔ xiāo yún wài beyond the topmost clouds (idiom) / unimaginably far away 吞 云 吐 雾 tūn yún tǔ wù to swallow clouds and blow out fog (idiom) / to blow cigarette or opium smoke 浮 云 朝 露 fú yún zhāo lù floating clouds, morning dew (idiom) / fig. ephemeral nature of human existence 云 散 风 流 yún sàn fēng liú lit. clouds scatter, wind flows (idiom) / the crisis settles down / people disperse home / things return to normal 云 窗 雾 槛 yún chuāng wù kǎn cloud around the window, mist on the threshold (idiom) / tall building with the windows in the clouds 高 唱 入 云 gāo chàng rù yún loud songs reaches the clouds (idiom) / fig. to praise to the skies 曀 obscure / sun hidden by clouds 云 山 雾 罩 yún shān - wù zhào lit. enveloped in clouds and mist (idiom) / fig. (of speech or writing) unclear / confusing 如 火 晚 霞 rú huǒ wǎn xiá clouds at sunset glowing like fire 烘 云 托 月 hōng yún tuō yuè lit. to shade in the clouds to offset the moon (idiom) / fig. a foil / a contrasting character to a main hero 绮 云 qǐ yún beautiful clouds 翻 手 为 云 覆 手 变 雨 fān shǒu wéi yún fù shǒu biàn yǔ lit. turning his hand palm up he gathers the clouds, turning his hand palm down he turns them to rain / very powerful and capable (idiom) 云 涌 yún yǒng in large numbers / in force / lit. clouds bubbling up 云 霭 yún ǎi floating clouds 风 雨 欲 来 fēng yǔ yù lái lit. storm clouds approach / troubles lie ahead (idiom) 驾 云 jià yún to ride the clouds / fig. self-satisfied / arrogant 云 消 雾 散 yún xiāo wù sàn the clouds melt and the mists disperse (idiom) / to clear up / to vanish into thin air 曾 经 沧 海 难 为 水 ， 除 却 巫 山 不 是 云 céng jīng cāng hǎi nán wéi shuǐ , chú què Wū Shān bù shì yún there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things 豪 气 干 云 háo qì gān yún lit. heroism reaching to the clouds (idiom) 云 里 雾 里 yún lǐ wù lǐ amidst the clouds and mist / (fig.) mystified / puzzled 大 旱 望 云 霓 dà hàn wàng yún ní lit. looking for rain clouds in times of drought (idiom) / fig. desperate for an escape from a difficult situation 如 云 rú yún like the clouds in the sky (i.e. numerous)
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