凌 - líng - Chinese character definition, English meaning and stroke order

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凌

líng

Definition

to approach
to rise high
thick ice
to insult or maltreat

Character Decomposition

Related words (18)

凌乱

líng luàn

messy; disarrayed; disheveled; chaos

凌夷

líng yí

to deteriorate; to decline; to slump; also written 陵夷

凌晨

líng chén

(very) early (in the) morning; before dawn; in the small hours; before daybreak; in the wee hours

in disorder

ice-jam flood (arising when river downstream freezes more than upstream)

凌空

líng kōng

be high up in the sky

凌虐

líng nüè

to maltreat; to tyrannize

to insult

the lingering death; the death of a thousand cuts (old form of capital punishment)

凌驾

líng jià

to be above; to place above

凌波舞

líng bō wǔ

limbo (dance) (loanword)

凌杂米盐

líng zá mǐ yán

disordered and fragmentary

icicle

to bully and humiliate

bullying (loanword)

ice cream

arrogant and overbearing

盛气凌人

shèng qì líng rén

overbearing; arrogant bully

Idioms (3)

凌乱不堪

líng luàn bù kān

in a terrible mess (idiom)

以强凌弱

yǐ qiáng líng ruò

to use one's strength to bully the weak (idiom)

违强凌弱

wéi qiáng líng ruò

to avoid the strong and attack the weak (idiom); to bully; also written 違強陵弱|违强陵弱

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