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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
hillside
HSK 6
valley / ravine
HSK 6
(mountain) peak
HSK 6
goat / (gymnastics) small-sized vaulting horse
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  *山* | 山* | *山
surname Shan
Shanyin county in Shuozhou 朔州, Shanxi
Shandong Province, capital Jinan 濟南市|济南市 (abbr. to 魯|鲁)
rowan or mountain-ash (genus Sorbus)
landscape painting
wattle-necked soft-shelled turtle (Palea steindachneri)
mountain bike
knockoff cell phone; counterfeit phone
camellia
mountains and rivers / landscape
HSK 7-9
mountain area
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)
mountain / hill / lofty mountain
Dioscorea polystachya / yam
mountain road
HSK 7-9
the place halfway up a mountain
gorge / canyon / mountain valley
lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) / fig. enchanting scenery
folk song / mountain song
Shanxi University
mountain ridge
HSK 7-9
Chinese hawthorn (Crataegus pinnatifida)
to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love / to swear by all the Gods
mountain and river exhausted (idiom); at the end of the line / nowhere to go
mountainous region / hilly area / hilly country
a fake; imitation or counterfeit product
cliff
mountain stream
Yamaguchi (Japanese surname and place name) / Yamaguchi prefecture in the southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
mountain pass
manor house / villa / (used in hotel names)
deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt
Shanhai Pass in Hebei, at the eastern terminus of the Ming dynasty Great Wall
foot of a mountain
exotic delicacies / luxury foodstuff from distant locations
hill
Shanxi Province, capital Taiyuan 太原市 (abbr. to 晉|晋)
the Sermon on the Mount
Shandong University
the countryside / wilderness areas
lynx / bobcat / leopard cat
wooded mountain; mountain forest
shanshui poetry, genre of Classical Chinese poetry
mountain hike
(bird species of China) upland pipit (Anthus sylvanus)
mountain god
high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom); fig. noble and far-reaching
lit. if the mountain won't move, the river will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles
see 山丹
sorbitol C6H14O6 (sugar substitute and mild laxative)
(dated) Taiwanese indigenous peoples / Taiwanese aborigine / abbr. for 山地同胞
Yamazaki or Yamasaki (Japanese surname)
landslide / landslip
(idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better / in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself
Yamamoto (Japanese surname)
Shandong Peninsula
mountain range / CL: 條|条
coral lily (Lilium pumilum)
beech
goatee
wasabi
monastery main gate (Buddhism) / monastery
mountain bike
Japanese cornel (Cornus officinalis)
mountain village
raspberry
mountain range / unbroken chain of peaks
lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) / fig. enchanting scenery
hilltop
HSK 7-9
foot of a hill or mountain / (physiognomy) root of the nose (between the eyes)
Sansui, Japanese company
water from a mountain / mountains and rivers / scenery / landscape
lit. if the mountain won't move, the road will go around it (idiom) / fig. there's always a way forward, even when faced with obstacles
mountain spur
lit. the mountains are high and the torrents swift / to undertake an arduous task or journey (idiom)
camellia
Shanting district of Zaozhuang city 棗莊市|枣庄市, Shandong
nook; cove (in the hills)
Yamanashi prefecture, Japan
santonin (loanword)
Scientology
pheasant
mandrill (Mandrillus sphinx) / legendary mountain spirit
Yamaguchi prefecture in southwest of Japan's main island Honshū 本州
hickory
rock garden / rockery
overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)

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