Shangri-la, the beautiful, idyllic land of James Hilton's 1933 novel "Lost Horizon"; a paradise on earth; see 香格里拉市[Xiang1 ge2 li3 la1 Shi4]
Characters in this word
4香
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fragrant, sweet smelling, aromatic, savory or appetizing, (to eat) with relish, (of sleep) sound, perfume or spice, joss or incense stick, CL:根[gen1]
- Pinyin
- xiāng
- Strokes
- 9
- Frequency
- 5025 of 2500
格
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used in 格登[ge1 deng1], used in 格格[ge1 ge1]
- Pinyin
- gē
- Strokes
- 10
- Frequency
- 2584 of 2500
里
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variant of 裡|里[li3]
- Pinyin
- lǐ
- Traditional
- 裏
- Strokes
- 7
- Frequency
- 108 of 2500
拉
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to pull, to play (a bowed instrument), to drag, to draw, to chat, (coll.) to empty one's bowels
- Pinyin
- lā
- Strokes
- 8
- Frequency
- 645 of 2500