科迪勒拉山系

Traditional form:

科迪勒拉山系

Pinyin (reading):

Kēdílèlāshānxì

Definitions:

• Cordillera, series of mountain ranges stretching from Patagonia in South America through to Alaska and Aleutian islands

Characters:

• 科 - section, department; field, branch; science
• 迪 - to advance, to enlighten, to make progress
• 勒 - to strangle; to tighten
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 山 - mountain, hill, peak
• 系 - system; line, link, connection

Traditional characters:

• 科 - section, department; field, branch; science
• 迪 - to advance, to enlighten, to make progress
• 勒 - to strangle; to tighten
• 拉 - to pull, to drag; to seize, to hold; to lengthen; to play (a violin)
• 山 - mountain, hill, peak
• 系 - system; line, link, connection