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英石
  • [yīnɡshí]
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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

英石 [yīnɡshí]
  1. 1. noun A kind of stone produced from Yingde, Guangdong province, light green, grayish black, ashen, light blue and green in color and grotesque in shape, it is often used to pile up a rockery or make a potted landscape; stone
    公园里堆着好多英石, 看来是要造一座假山。
    There is much limestone piled in the garden. It seems that they are going to build a rockery here.

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

英石 [yīnɡshí]
  1. 1. 产于广东英德的一种石头。有浅绿、灰黑、灰白、微青等颜色,奇形怪状,千姿百态。多用于堆叠假山或制作盆景。

Examples

公园里堆着好多英石, 看来是要造一座假山。
There is much limestone piled in the garden. It seems that they are going to build a rockery here. 英石

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