Definition & Meaning

overlap; stack-up

Word usage

céng dié

层 叠

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v.overlap; stack-up
- gāng luán céng dié
  冈峦层叠
  clusters of hills
- céng dié de xuě fēng
  层叠的雪峰
  range upon range of snow-capped mountains
- dì píng xiàn shang shān luán céng dié
  地平线上，山峦层叠。
  Range after range of mountains crowd the horizon.

Word usage

Note
"层叠" cannot be written as "层迭".
Reduplication
"层叠" can be reduplicated, for example: "层层叠叠".
- 层层叠叠的公文堆积在桌子上。
  Official documents piled up on the desk.

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