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Collins Chinese-English Dictionary

绵延 [miányán]
  1. 1. verb go on and on
    绵延不断的文化传统
    unbroken cultural tradition

Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

绵延 [miányán]
  1. 1. be continuous; stretch long and unbroken
    第二次世界大战后,局部战争一直绵延不断。
    Local wars have been going on continually ever since the end of World War II.
    这座山绵延千里,象一条青色的巨龙,盘踞在辽阔的大地上。

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

绵延 [miányán]
  1. 1. 不断延续
    绵延千里
    思绪绵延

Examples

第二次世界大战后,局部战争一直绵延不断。
Local wars have been going on continually ever since the end of World War II. 绵延
许多物种都在进化中相继消亡, 但依然有一些物种瓜瓞绵延至今。
Many species died out during evolution, but there are still some of them in existence now. 瓜瓞
我对您的景仰之情有若滔滔江水, 绵延不绝。
My admiration for you is like the unceasing flow of a river. 有若
绵延不断的文化传统
unbroken cultural tradition 绵延
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绵延
瓜瓞绵延 瓜瓞
绵延千里 绵延
思绪绵延 绵延
hills ranging toward the south
绵延向南的群山 range

Collocations

绵延起伏
the stretching rise and fall
绵延不断
continuing
绵延千里
stretching for a thousand miles
山脉绵延
stretching mountains
东西绵延
unbroken…
亘古绵延
to pass down from ancient times

Word Decomposition


[mián]
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[yán]

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