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Yingshan county in Nanchong 南充, Sichuan
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
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  *山* | 山* | *山
surname Shan
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  *山* | 山* | *山
mountain; hill (CL:) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
HSK 1
to climb a hill / to go to the mountains / (of silkworms) to go up bundles of straw (to spin cocoons) / to pass away / (of the sun or moon) to rise
see 中山市 / see 中山區|中山区 / Nakayama (Japanese surname) / see 孫中山|孙中山
lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom)
rock garden / rockery
topography of a mountain / features of a mountain
Arakan Mountains (aka Rakhine Mountains), mountain range in western Myanmar
troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
(bird species of China) striped prinia (Prinia striata)
area in Beichuan county Sichuan
rowan or mountain-ash (genus Sorbus)
Xingshan district of Hegang city 鶴崗|鹤岗, Heilongjiang
(bird species of China) Tibetan partridge (Perdix hodgsoniae)
Laishan district of Yantai city 煙台市|烟台市, Shandong
(bird species of China) black-throated prinia (Prinia atrogularis)
Jingshan, a county-level city in Jingmen City 荊門市|荆门市, Hubei
(bird species of China) short-billed minivet (Pericrocotus brevirostris)
high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching
Hallasan Mountain or Mount Halla, highest mountain in South Korea
Qianshan, a county-level city in Anqing City 安慶市|安庆市, Anhui
volcanic crater
Nongfu Spring, Chinese bottled water and beverage company
Hanshan, a district of Handan City 邯鄲市|邯郸市, Hebei
mountain resort / Qing imperial summer residence at Chengde, a world heritage site
to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory
camellia
Mt Li near Xi'an with the tomb of the First Emperor
Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii)
rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power
can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
Baoshan or Paoshan township in Hsinchu County 新竹縣|新竹县, northwest Taiwan
Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician
lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined / a great sage has died (idiom)
Zhongshan or Chungshan District of Taipei City 臺北市|台北市, Taiwan / Zhongshan District of Dalian 大連市|大连市, Liaoning / Chungshan District of Keelung City 基隆市, Taiwan
hillside
HSK 6
Khyber pass (between Pakistand and Afghanistan)
Dr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing
to chatter idly / to gossip / to boast or brag
HSK 7-9
as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock
(bird species of China) Chinese fulvetta (Fulvetta striaticollis)
Bishan, a district of Chongqing 重慶|重庆
iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:
HSK 7-9
the place halfway up a mountain
Kumgangsan Tourist Region in east North Korea
Kunshan, a county-level city in Suzhou City 蘇州市|苏州市, Jiangsu
lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) / fig. enchanting scenery
Mount Langya in Hebei
Wanshan, a district of Tongren City 銅仁市|铜仁市, Guizhou
folk song / mountain song
hilltop
HSK 7-9
lit. the next mountain looks taller (idiom); fig. not satisfied with one's current position / the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence
Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida)
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods
Yuanbaoshan, a district of Chifeng City 赤峰市, Inner Mongolia
Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省
mountain accident
Himalayas
mountainous region / hilly area / hilly country
cliff
steady as Mt Tai / as safe as houses
Yamaguchi (Japanese surname and place name) / Yamaguchi prefecture in the southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
mountain pass
Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism
Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关, Guangdong
Dashan, stage name of Canadian Mark Henry Rowswell (1965-), actor and well-known TV personality in PRC
lit. when we get to the mountain, there'll be a way through (idiom) / fig. everything will turn out for the best; let's worry about it when it happens; it will be all right on the night
Bagongshan, a district of Huainan City 淮南市, Anhui
mountains on one side and water on the other
Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Lantau Island, an island in Hong Kong
Mt Taibai in Shaanxi
deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt
mountain range / CL: 條|条
(bird species of China) white-necklaced partridge (Arborophila gingica)
mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line / nowhere to go
Honolulu, capital of Hawaii / also transliterated as 火奴魯魯|火奴鲁鲁
Dioscorea polystachya / yam
the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
HSK 7-9
volcano
HSK 7-9
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live!
mountain top
blue-and-green landscape (genre of landscape painting originating in the Tang dynasty, in which blues and greens predominate)
Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region

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