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Comprehensive Chinese-English Dictionary

高耸 [gāosǒng]
  1. 1. (stand) tall and erect; towering
    高耸入云
    reach to the sky; tower into the clouds
    高耸的纪念碑
    a towering monument
    那座塔依然高耸在那里。
    高耸的山峰在雾的笼罩下显得更加高大。
  2. 2. verb soar

Contemporary Standard Chinese Dictionary

高耸 [gāosǒng]
  1. 1. 高高地矗立
    奇峰高耸

Examples

高耸的纪念碑
a towering monument 高耸
高耸云天
rising to the skies 云天
沿路崇山峻岭,巍峨高耸 沿路
那座塔依然高耸在那里。 高耸
高耸的山峰在雾的笼罩下显得更加高大。 高耸
这里重峦叠嶂, 高耸奇绝。
There are many ranges of towering-picturesque mountains. 重峦叠嶂
从这里就可以看到远处挺拔高耸的电视塔。
You can see the distant, tall TV tower from here. 挺拔
站在什么地方都可以一眼望见那座高耸的电视塔。 电视塔
奇峰高耸 高耸
石壁高耸,峡谷邃密。 邃密

Collocations

高耸入云
to soar into the sky
山峰高耸
soaring mountain peaks
高耸的电视塔
a high TV tower

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