Definition
横亘 describes something long that stretches across a space, especially geographical features like mountains, rivers, or barriers. It typically appears with the preposition 在 (héng gèn zài...), specifying the location of the span. The verb is literary and formal in register, often used in descriptive or narrative writing.
v.
to spanto stretch across (a distance or area)
Examples
- 横亘。Yí zuò dà shān héng zài píngyuán hé chéngshì zhī jiān.A big mountain spans between the plain and the city.
- 横亘，。Zhè tiáo tiělù héng zhěnggè guójiā, liánjiē dōngxī.This railway spans the entire country, connecting east and west.
- 横亘。Yí dào Chángchéng héng zài běifāng de dàdì shàng.A section of the Great Wall stretches across the northern land.
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