We took a walk along the river.
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沿
yán
HSK 3.0 · 6
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yán · jyun4 (Jyutping)
- along
- to follow (a line, tradition etc)
- to carry on
- to trim (a border with braid, tape etc)
- border
- edge
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Unihan 17.0.0 · Unicode License V3. Make Me a Hanzi · LGPL 3+. Interactive stroke order is available in the study tools.
Example sentences
I walked along the river.
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