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  *山* | 山* | *山
mountain; hill (CL:) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
HSK 1
mountain area / CL: 個|个
HSK 5
to go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)
HSK 2
to climb a mountain / climbing / mountaineering
HSK 4
hillside
HSK 6
(name) Sam
Uncle Sam
ice queen (beautiful woman who appears to be emotionless and distant)
the mid-slope of a mountain
(idiom) backwoods; wilderness
Alashankou, a county-level city in Bortala Mongol Autonomous Prefecture 博爾塔拉蒙古自治州|博尔塔拉蒙古自治州, Xinjiang
valley / ravine
HSK 6
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
Mingshan, a district of Ya'an City 雅安市, Sichuan
Lushan, a county-level city in Jiujiang City 九江市, Jiangxi
Hengshan, a district of Yulin City 榆林市, Shaanxi
(mountain) peak
HSK 6
to chatter idly / to gossip / to boast or brag
HSK 7-9
Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊
Daqingshan, a county in Yichun City 伊春市, Heilongjiang
Wenshan, a county-level city in Wenshan Zhuang and Miao Autonomous Prefecture 文山壯族苗族自治州|文山壮族苗族自治州, Yunnan
iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:
HSK 7-9
goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *山* | 山* | *山
surname Shan
Pengshan, a district of Meishan City 眉山市, Sichuan
Shanyin, a county in Shuozhou City 朔州市, Shanxi
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
to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly
Shandong Province, capital Jinan 濟南市|济南市 (short name 魯|鲁)
lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames / fig. extreme danger (idiom)
rock garden / rockery
(bird species of China) Brandt's mountain finch (Leucosticte brandti)
area in Beichuan county Sichuan
rowan or mountain-ash (genus Sorbus)
Zhushan or Chushan Town in Nantou County 南投縣|南投县, central Taiwan
(bird species of China) brown prinia (Prinia polychroa)
Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia
Mt Maiji Caves at Tianshui 天水, Gansu
Jingshan, a county-level city in Jingmen City 荊門市|荆门市, Hubei
lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains / a vast territory (idiom)
Wushan, a county in Chongqing 重慶|重庆
landscape painting
wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
volcanic crater
Hatoyama, Japanese name and place name / Hatoyama Yukio (1947-), Japanese Democratic Party politician, prime minister 2009-2010
Mount Jiuhua in Anhui, scenic tourist site, and one of the four famous Buddhist mountains
Himalayas
(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大)
mountain bike
Lushan, a county in Ya'an City 雅安市, Sichuan
Nongfu Spring, Chinese bottled water and beverage company
Diaobingshan, a county-level city in Tieling City 鐵嶺市|铁岭市, Liaoning
Sun Yat-sen University (Guangzhou) / Sun Yat-sen University (Kaohsiung) / Sun Yat-sen University (Moscow), founded in 1925 as training ground for Chinese communists
the old man moves mountains (idiom); fig. where there's a will, there's a way
HSK 7-9
volcano
HSK 7-9
going around a mountain
lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom) / fig. hardships of the journey
Dr Sun Yat-sen (1866-1925), first president of the Republic of China and co-founder of the Guomintang 國民黨|国民党 / same as 孫逸仙|孙逸仙
knockoff cell phone; counterfeit phone
Tongshan, a district of Xuzhou City 徐州市, Jiangsu
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory
camellia
Xishan, a district of Kunming City 昆明市, Yunnan
rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power
mountains and rivers / landscape
HSK 7-9
mountain area
a pilgrimage to a holy mountain
steady as Mt Tai / as safe as houses
lit. to return to office after living as a hermit on Mount Dongshan (idiom); fig. to make a comeback
Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician
Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
fortified hill village / mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) / (fig.) knockoff (goods) / counterfeit / imitation
HSK 7-9
mound / small hill
HSK 7-9
potassium sorbate, E202 (a food preservative)
Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region
Xiashan, a district of Zhanjiang City 湛江市, Guangdong
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
Dr Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum in Nanjing
as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock
Timber! (lumberjack's warning call)

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