高大 gāo dà tall / lofty / towering syn 凌云 凌雲 líng yún (lit. and fig.) towering / lofty / high syn 巍峨 wēi é lofty / towering / majestic syn 峥嵘 崢嶸 zhēng róng towering / lofty and steep (mountains) / extraordinary / outstanding syn 崔嵬 cuī wéi stony mound / rocky mountain / lofty / towering syn 耸 聳 sǒng to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering syn 巍 wēi lofty / towering / Taiwan pr. [wei2] syn 硙硙 磑磑 wéi wéi (literary) lofty / towering / also pr. [ai2ai2] 硙硙 磑磑 ái ái (literary) lofty / towering / (literary) glistening white / (literary) hard / solid / (literary) piled up 遐志 xiá zhì lofty ambition / lofty aspiration 崛起 jué qǐ to rise abruptly (to a towering position) / to tower over / to spring up / to emerge suddenly / the emergence (e.g. of a power) syn 豪杰 豪傑 háo jié hero / towering figure syn 高耸 高聳 gāo sǒng erect / towering / to stand tall syn 滔天 tāo tiān (of waves, anger, a disaster, a crime etc) towering / overwhelming / immense syn 摩天 mó tiān skyscraping / towering into the sky syn 怒不可遏 nù bù kě è unable to restrain one's anger (idiom) / in a towering rage syn 巍巍 wēi wēi towering / imposing syn 崇山峻岭 崇山峻嶺 chóng shān jùn lǐng towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom) syn 巍然 wēi rán majestic / towering / imposing syn 巍然屹立 wēi rán yì lì to stand tall and rock-solid (idiom) / towering majestically / (of a person) to stand up against sb 万丈高楼平地起 萬丈高樓平地起 wàn zhàng gāo lóu píng dì qǐ towering buildings are built up from the ground (idiom) / great oaks from little acorns grow 崔巍 cuī wēi tall / towering 兀 wù cut off the feet / rising to a height / towering / bald / duplicate of Big Five A461 syn 崭 嶄 zhǎn towering / prominent / very / extremely / (dialect) marvelous / excellent syn 崛 jué towering as a peak 砬 lá a huge boulder / a towering rock 发指眦裂 髮指眥裂 fà zhǐ zì liè hair standing up and eyes wide in anger (idiom) / enraged / in a towering rage 崭然 嶄然 zhǎn rán outstanding / towering 高矗 gāo chù towering syn 岌嶪 jí yè high and steep / towering / perilous 高尚 gāo shàng noble / lofty / refined / exquisite syn 神气 神氣 shén qì expression / manner / vigorous / impressive / lofty / pretentious syn 雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn 气概 氣概 qì gài lofty quality / mettle / spirit syn 万丈 萬丈 wàn zhàng lit. ten thousand fathoms / fig. extremely high or deep / lofty / bottomless syn 高远 高遠 gāo yuǎn lofty 高洁 高潔 gāo jié noble and clean-living / lofty and unsullied syn 山岳 山嶽 shān yuè mountain / hill / lofty mountain syn 傲骨 ào gǔ lofty and unyielding character syn 峻岭 峻嶺 jùn lǐng lofty mountain range syn 险峰 險峰 xiǎn fēng perilous peak / the lofty heights syn 远志 遠志 yuǎn zhì far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine syn 轩昂 軒昂 xuān áng high / lofty / elevated / dignified 仁人志士 rén rén zhì shì gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom) / people with lofty ideals syn 志士仁人 zhì shì rén rén gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom) / people with lofty ideals syn 崇 chóng high / sublime / lofty / to esteem / to worship syn 崔 cuī (literary) (of mountains) lofty 矗 chù lofty / upright syn 嵩 sōng (literary) (of mountains) lofty syn 岌 jí lofty peak / perilous 崴 wēi high, lofty / precipitous syn 隗 wěi eminent / lofty 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 嵯 cuó lofty (as of mountain) 仁人义士 仁人義士 rén rén yì shì those with lofty ideals (idiom) / men of vision 求田问舍 求田問舍 qiú tián wèn shè lit. to be interested exclusively in the acquisition of estate (idiom) / fig. to have no lofty aspirations in life syn 豪情壮志 豪情壯志 háo qíng zhuàng zhì lofty ideals / noble aspirations syn 嶒 céng lofty / precipitous 崚 léng lofty (as of mountain) 岧 tiáo lofty peak 嶭 è elevated / lofty 崱 zé lofty 崒 zú rocky peaks / lofty and dangerous 峩 é variant of 峨[e2], lofty / name of a mountain 峥巆 崢巆 zhēng yíng lofty (of mountain) / deep (of valley) 岭巆 嶺巆 lǐng yíng lofty (of mountain) / deep (of valley) 巆 yíng see 嶺巆|岭巆[ling3 ying2] and 崢巆|峥巆[zheng1 ying2], lofty (of mountain) / deep (of valley) 浅希近求 淺希近求 qiǎn xī jìn qiú to aim low / to aim to get by / without lofty ambition 远大理想 遠大理想 yuǎn dà lǐ xiǎng lofty ideal 壁立千仞 bì lì - qiān rèn (idiom) (of a cliff, mountain etc) steep / lofty / imposing 