名山
Míng shān
Pinyin

Definition

名山
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Míng shān
  1. famous mountain
  2. Mingshan county in Ya'an 雅安[Yǎ ān], Sichuan

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

名
míng
  1. 1 name
  2. 2 noun (part of speech)
  3. 3 place (e.g. among winners)
  4. 4 famous
  5. 5 classifier for people
名单
míng dān
  1. 1 list of names
名字
míng zi
  1. 1 name (of a person or thing)
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
山
Shān
  1. 1 surname Shan
成名
chéng míng
  1. 1 to make one's name
  2. 2 to become famous

Idioms (20)

一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
不识泰山
bù shí Tài Shān
  1. 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. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
久仰大名
jiǔ yǎng dà míng
  1. 1 I have been looking forward to meeting you for a long time (idiom)
久慕盛名
jiǔ mù shèng míng
  1. 1 I've admired your reputation for a long time (idiom); I've been looking forward to meeting you.
  2. 2 It's an honor to meet you at last.

Sample Sentences

什么道教名山，没意思。我想去迪斯尼。
shénme Dàojiào míngshān ，méi yìsi 。wǒ xiǎng qù Dísīní 。
Famous Taoist mountains? That's so boring. I want to go to Disneyland.
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去年看了佛教名山，今年要不去感受一下道教，比如湖北的武当山，四大道教名山之首。
qùnián kàn le fójiào míngshān ，jīnniān yàobu qù gǎnshòu yīxià Dàojiào ，bǐrú Húběi de Wǔdāngshān ，sìdà Dàojiào míngshān zhī shǒu 。
Last year we saw the famous Buddhist mountains. How about this year we experience a bit of Taoism? For example, Wudang Mountain in Hubei; the principle mountain of the four Taoist mountains.
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