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香格里拉 (hoeng1 gaak3 lei5 laai1) — meaning, pronunciation, examples

香格里拉 (hoeng1 gaak3 lei5 laai1, Xiāng gé lǐ lā) — 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]

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beyond HSK

Related words

• 香主 (hoeng1 zyu2) — incense master; a senior rank in a gang
• 香信 (hoeng1 seon3) — a type of shiitake mushroom
• 香口 (hoeng1 hau2) — tasty; crispy (spoken)
• 香咗 (hoeng1 zo2) — a tactful way of saying someone has died; defeated; thwarted
• 香川縣 (hoeng1 cyun1 jyun6) — Kagawa Prefecture, Japan
• 香料粉 (hoeng1 liu2 fan2) — spice powder

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