乞力马扎罗山

乞力馬扎羅山

QǐlìmǎzhāluóShān

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Meanings

1 Mount Kilimanjaro (highest peak in Africa, in Tanzania)

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Examples

乞力马扎罗山是非洲最高峰。

Qǐlìmǎzhāluó Shān shì Fēizhōu zuì gāo fēng.

Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest peak in Africa.

他们计划去坦桑尼亚攀登乞力马扎罗山。

Tāmen jìhuà qù Tǎnsāngníyà pāndēng Qǐlìmǎzhāluó Shān.

They plan to climb Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.

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culture

Kilimanjaro is a dormant volcano in northeastern Tanzania, 5,895 m at its summit Uhuru Peak. Hemingway's short story 'The Snows of Kilimanjaro' (《乞力马扎罗的雪》) made the name iconic in world literature.

In Pop Culture

《乞力马扎罗的雪》 Qǐlìmǎzhāluó de Xuě

The Snows of Kilimanjaro

Famous 1936 short story by Ernest Hemingway, set on the slopes of the mountain.

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乞 qǐ

力 lì

马 mǎ

扎 zhā

罗 luó

山 shān