五岳 (五嶽)
Wǔ yuè
Pinyin
Definition
五岳 (五嶽)
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- Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tài Shān] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Huà Shān] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Héng Shān] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Héng Shān] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Sōng Shān] in Henan
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一五一十
- 1 lit. count by fives and tens (idiom); to narrate systematically and in full detail
三五成群
- 1 in groups of three or four (idiom)
三令五申
- 1 to order again and again (idiom)
三番五次
- 1 over and over again (idiom)
三纲五常
- 1 three principles and five virtues (idiom)
- 2 the three rules (ruler guides subject, father guides son and husband guides wife) and five constant virtues of Confucianism (benevolence 仁, righteousness 義|义, propriety 禮|礼, wisdom 智 and fidelity 信)