塔克拉马干
Traditional form:
塔克拉馬干
Pinyin (reading):
Tǎkèlāmǎgān
Definitions:
- Taklamakan (desert)
Characters:
- 塔 - tower, spire, tall building
- 克 - to subdue, to restrain, to overcome; used in transliterations
- 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
- 马 - horse; surname
- 干 - arid, dry; to oppose; to offend; to invade
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