寿比南山 (壽比南山)
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
Pinyin

Definition

寿比南山 (壽比南山)
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shòu bǐ Nán Shān
  1. Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
  2. Long may you live!

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

山
Shān
  1. 1 surname Shan
比
Bǐ
  1. 1 Belgium
  2. 2 Belgian
  3. 3 abbr. for 比利時|比利时[Bǐ lì shí]
比赛
bǐ sài
  1. 1 competition (sports etc)
  2. 2 match
  3. 3 classifier: 场 chǎng
  4. 4 classifier: 次 cì
  5. 5 to compete
比较
bǐ jiào
  1. 1 to compare
  2. 2 to contrast
  3. 3 comparatively
  4. 4 relatively
  5. 5 quite
  6. 6 comparison
上山
shàng shān
  1. 1 to go uphill
  2. 2 to spin cocoon (silkworms)
  3. 3 to pass away

Idioms (20)

一个天南，一个地北
yī ge tiān nán , yī ge dì běi
  1. 1 to live miles apart (idiom)
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
不撞南墙不回头
bù zhuàng nán qiáng bù huí tóu
  1. 1 to stubbornly insist on one's own ideas (idiom)
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

Sample Sentences

祝你福如东海，寿比南山。
Zhù nǐ fúrúDōngHǎi ，shòubǐNánShān 。
I wish you are happy and lucky as the East China sea, and live as long as the mountain.
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福如东海，寿比南山！
fúrúdōnghǎi ，shòubǐnánshān ！
Happiness as vast as the eastern sea, a life as long as the southern mountains.
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