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  *山* | 山* | *山
mountain; hill (CL:) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
HSK 1
to go for a hike (esp. in the hills or mountains)
HSK 2
to climb a mountain / climbing / mountaineering
HSK 4
to go down a hill / (of the sun or moon) to set
HSK 7-9
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
charactercopystroke orderAIpronouncebaikeskritterexampleCorrect
  *山* | 山* | *山
surname Shan
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
rock garden / rockery
area in Beichuan county Sichuan
Helan Mountains, lying across part of the border between Ningxia and Inner Mongolia
lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains / a vast territory (idiom)
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
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
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
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory
rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power
a pilgrimage to a holy mountain
steady as Mt Tai / as safe as houses
Wang Qishan (1948-), PRC politician
Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳
Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region
as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock
to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth
lit. to open the door and see the mountain; fig. to get right to the point (idiom)
Mount Langya in Hebei
Mt Kilimanjaro in Tanzania
An Lushan (703-757), Tang general, leader of the An-Shi Rebellion 安史之亂|安史之乱
to leave the mountain (of a hermit) / to come out of obscurity to a government job / to take a leading position
HSK 7-9
Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism
Guanshan or Kuanshan town in Taitung County 臺東縣|台东县, southeast Taiwan
fortresses and mountains (along the Great Wall) / one's hometown
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
Laoshan district of Qingdao city 青島市|青岛市, Shandong
Dangla or Tanggula Mountains on the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau
Lantau Island, an island in Hong Kong
Mt Taibai in Shaanxi
Honolulu, capital of Hawaii / also transliterated as 火奴魯魯|火奴鲁鲁
main mountain of a region
Taihang Mountains on the border between Hebei and Shanxi
Bagua Mountain, Taiwan
Buzhou Mountain, a mountain from Chinese legend
Kangshan town in Kaohsiung county 高雄縣|高雄县, southwest Taiwan / Okayama prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
Tian Shan, mountain range straddling the border between China and Kyrgyzstan
Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan
Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live!
Mt. Fuji, Japan
deep in the mountains
lit. order like a mountain / a military order is inviolable / strict discipline
famous mountain
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
sacred mountain
snow-capped mountain
HSK 7-9
Box Hill, a suburb of Melbourne, Australia with a large Chinese community
hill cemetery / graveyard / grave / grave mound / low wall at the back of a traditional tomb
Dabie mountain range on the borders of Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces
Daqing Mountain in Hohhot 呼和浩特, Inner Mongolia
Pingshan county in Yibin 宜賓|宜宾, Sichuan
Yan mountain range across north Hebei
crater / ring-shaped mountain
desert mountain / barren hill
Mount Sinai
to lure the tiger from its domain in the mountains (idiom) / to lure an enemy away from his territory
Busan Metropolitan City in South Gyeongsang Province 慶尚南道|庆尚南道, South Korea
Mount Zion
see 唐山市 / China (a name for China used by some overseas Chinese)
with back to the mountain (favored location)
the sun sets over western hills (idiom); the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi
to talk idly about important matters (idiom) / to set the world to rights / to pass judgment on everything
Jiugong Mountains (the location of Jiugong Mountain National Park), in Tongshan County, Xianning 咸寧|咸宁, Hubei
San Francisco, California
to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery
Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安
Beverly Hills

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