若开山脉 - Arakan Yoma, mountain range in western Myanmar (Burma) - Ruò kāi shān mài | Definition

一山不容二虎

yī shān bù róng èr hǔ

1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

不识泰山

bù shí Tài Shān

1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person

不显山不露水

bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ

1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts

他山之石可以攻玉

tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù

1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively

兵败如山倒

bīng bài rú shān dǎo

1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse

冷若冰霜

lěng ruò bīng shuāng

1 as cold as ice and frost (idiom, usually of woman); icy manner
2 frigid

刀山火海

dāo shān huǒ hǎi

1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)

判若云泥

pàn ruò yún ní

1 as different as heaven and earth (idiom)
2 worlds apart

危若朝露

wēi ruò zhāo lù

1 precarious as morning dew (idiom); unlikely to last out the day

口若悬河

kǒu ruò xuán hé

1 mouth like a torrent (idiom)
2 eloquent
3 glib
4 voluble
5 have the gift of the gab

名落孙山

míng luò Sūn Shān

1 lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sūn Shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
2 fig. to fail an exam
3 to fall behind (in a competition)

呆若木鸡

dāi ruò mù jī

1 lit. dumb as a wooden chicken (idiom); fig. dumbstruck

噤若寒蝉

jìn ruò hán chán

1 to keep quiet out of fear (idiom)

固若金汤

gù ruò jīn tāng

1 secure as a city protected by a wall of metal and a moat of boiling water (idiom)
2 well fortified
3 invulnerable to attack

地动山摇

dì dòng shān yáo

1 the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle

坐吃山空

zuò chī shān kōng

1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income

坐山观虎斗

zuò shān guān hǔ dòu

1 sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
2 watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)

执法如山

zhí fǎ rú shān

1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly

堆积如山

duī jī rú shān

1 to pile up like a mountain (idiom)
2 a mountain of (paperwork etc)
3 a large number of sth

寿比南山

shòu bǐ Nán Shān

1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
2 Long may you live!

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