| | mountain pass / to close; to shut; to turn off / to confine; to lock (sb) up; to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern; to involve | HSK 1 |
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| | mountain; hill (CL: 座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on | HSK 1 |
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| | seat / base; stand / (bound form) constellation / (archaic) suffix used in a respectful form of address (e.g. 師座|师座) / classifier for large immovable objects such as buildings, mountains, bridges etc | HSK 2 |
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| | to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) | HSK 2 |
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| | to go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains) | HSK 2 |
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| | to climb a mountain / climbing / mountaineering | HSK 4 |
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| | (of mountains etc) to stand facing each other / (fig.) to confront each other | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch; pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) | HSK 4 |
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| | the mid-slope of a mountain | |
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| | mountain range / mountain ridge | |
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| | (mountain) peak | HSK 6 |
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| | Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊 | |
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| | iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL: 座 | HSK 7-9 |
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| | 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 | |
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| | to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly | |
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| | high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge | |
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| | lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom) | |
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| | (bird species of China) Brandt's mountain finch (Leucosticte brandti) | |
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| | rowan or mountain-ash (genus Sorbus) | |
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| | Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia | |
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| | lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains / a vast territory (idiom) | |
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| | mountain stream / creek | |
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| | peaks and ridges; ragged outline of mountain peaks | |
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| | Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains | |
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| | mountain bike | |
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| | the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way | HSK 7-9 |
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| | going around a mountain | |
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| | lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom) / fig. hardships of the journey | |
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| | Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原, Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues | |
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| | rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power | |
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| | mountains and rivers / landscape | HSK 7-9 |
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| | mountain area | |
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| | a pilgrimage to a holy mountain | |
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| | Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi | |
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| | the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 | |
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| | (military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain | |
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| | fortified hill village / mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) / (fig.) knockoff (goods) / counterfeit / imitation | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region | |
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| | (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit / mountain-like in appearance / highest level / classifier for camels | |
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| | to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth | |
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| | mountain / hill / lofty mountain | |
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| | mountain road | HSK 7-9 |
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| | the mid-slope of a mountain | |
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| | lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom) | |
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| | range upon range of mountains (idiom) | |
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| | gorge / canyon / mountain valley | |
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| | Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 | |
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| | folk song / mountain song | |
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| | mountain ridge | HSK 7-9 |
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| | to leave the mountain (of a hermit) / to come out of obscurity to a government job / to take a leading position | HSK 7-9 |
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| | main peak (of a mountain range) | |
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| | mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line / nowhere to go | |
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| | mountain stream | |
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| | mountain pass | |
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| | Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism | |
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| | fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall) / one's hometown | |
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| | Apennine (Mountains) | |
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| | Mount Lao, mountain in Qingdao, Shandong | |
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| | mountains on one side and water on the other | |
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| | Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau | |
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| | deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt | |
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| | continuous / unbroken / uninterrupted / extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc) | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山 in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山 in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan | |
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| | foot of a mountain | |
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| | lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom); earth-shattering / fig. gigantic / of spectacular significance | |
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| | main mountain of a region | |
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| | another name for Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong as principal or ancestor of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳 / Mt Tai as resting place for departed souls | |
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| | scenic lakes and mountain (idiom); beautiful lake and mountain landscape | |
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| | Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi | |
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| | Bagua Mountain, Taiwan | |
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| | lit. to climb mountains of swords and enter seas of flames (idiom) / fig. to go through trials and tribulations (often, for a noble cause) | |
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| | Buzhou Mountain, a mountain from Chinese legend | |
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| | Zagros mountains of southwest Iran | |
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| | mountain resort / Qing imperial summer residence at Chengde, a world heritage site | |
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| | Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan | |
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| | to climb mountains and wade rivers (idiom); fig. to make a long and difficult journey | |
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| | to stand respectfully / (of trees, mountains) standing tall and majestic | |
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| | lofty mountain range | |
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| | Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan | |
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| | Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live! | |
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| | wooded mountain; mountain forest | |
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| | mountain hike | |
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| | Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi, forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原 and the Han River 漢水|汉水 valley | |
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| | Caucasus Mountains | |
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| | Jura mountains of eastern France and extending into Switzerland | |
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| | deep in the mountains | |
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| | lit. order like a mountain / a military order is inviolable / strict discipline | |
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| | South Gate to Heaven, the name a gate constructed on various mountains, most notably on Mount Tai 泰山 / (mythology) southern gate of the Heavenly Palace | |
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| | famous mountain | |
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| | Four Sacred Mountains of Buddhism, namely: Mt Wutai 五臺山|五台山 in Shanxi, Mt Emei 峨眉山 in Sichuan, Mt Jiuhua 九華山|九华山 in Anhui, Mt Potala 普陀山 in Zhejiang | |
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| | mountain god | |
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| | high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching | |
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| | lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom) / fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers | |
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| | sacred mountain | |
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| | 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 | |
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| | lofty / name of a mountain | |
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| | snow-capped mountain | HSK 7-9 |
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| | Dabie mountain range on the borders of Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces | |
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