高耸入云

Traditional form:

高聳入雲

Pinyin (reading):

gāosǒngrùyún

Definitions:

• tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom); used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper

Characters:

• 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
• 耸 - to excite, to urge; to raise; to shrug; lofty, towering
• 入 - to enter, to come in; to join
• 云 - cloud; to say, to speak

Traditional characters:

• 高 - tall, lofty; high, elevated
• 聳 - to excite, to urge; to raise; to shrug; lofty, towering
• 入 - to enter, to come in; to join
• 雲 - cloud; to say, to speak