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登高

dēnggāo
verb #55,726

Meanings

  1. 1 to climb to a height
  2. 2 to climb a hill on the Double Ninth Festival
  3. 3 Climbing High, a poem by Du Fu

Examples

HSK 3
登高可以看得更远。
Dēnggāo kěyǐ kàn de gèng yuǎn.
From higher up you can see farther.
HSK 7-9
重阳节的时候，很多人会去登高。
Chóngyángjié de shíhou, hěnduō rén huì qù dēnggāo.
On the Double Ninth Festival, many people go hill-climbing.
HSK 7-9
杜甫晚年在夔州写下了《登高》。
Dù Fǔ wǎnnián zài Kuízhōu xiěxià le 《 Dēnggāo 》.
Du Fu wrote 'Climbing High' in Kuizhou late in his life.

Tips

culture
Climbing a hill on the Double Ninth, the 9th day of the 9th lunar month, was meant to ward off misfortune, together with wearing a sprig of 茱萸 (cornel) and drinking chrysanthemum wine. People who stay home eat 重阳糕 instead, because 糕 'cake' sounds like 高 'high'.
history
杜甫 wrote 《登高》 in 767, old, ill and far from home. The Ming critic Hu Yinglin called it the finest seven-character regulated verse ever written.

Stroke Order

登 dēng
高 gāo