科迪勒拉

Traditional form:

科迪勒拉

Pinyin (reading):

Kēdílèlā

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)

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)