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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
valley / ravine
HSK 6
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
(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
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
Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州, 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 (abbr. to 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 county in Ya'an 雅安, Sichuan
Nongfu Spring, Chinese bottled water and beverage company
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
Panshan county in Panjin 盤錦|盘锦, Liaoning
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
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory
camellia
Xishan 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)
to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth
mountain / hill / lofty mountain
Dioscorea polystachya / yam
mountain road
HSK 7-9
Zhongshan Park, the name of numerous parks in China, honoring Sun Yat-sen 孫中山|孙中山
the place halfway up a mountain
lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
(bird species of China) snowy-cheeked laughingthrush (Ianthocincla sukatschewi)
gorge / canyon / mountain valley
lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) / fig. enchanting scenery
Mount Langya in Hebei
While the green hills last, there'll be wood to burn (idiom). Where there's life there's hope.
folk song / mountain song
Shanxi University
mountain ridge
HSK 7-9
Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida)
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods
An Lushan (703-757), Tang general, leader of the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱
Dongshan, a county in Zhangzhou City 漳州市, Fujian
to leave the mountain (of a hermit) / to come out of obscurity to a government job / to take a leading position
HSK 7-9
Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong Province 廣東省|广东省

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