山歌
shān gē
Pinyin

Definition

山歌
 - 
shān gē
  1. folk song
  2. mountain song

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

chàng gē
  1. 1 to sing a song
Shān
  1. 1 surname Shan
  1. 1 song
  2. 2 classifier: 支 zhī
  3. 3 classifier: 首 shǒu
  4. 4 to sing
gē nǚ
  1. 1 female singer (archaic)
gē shǒu
  1. 1 singer

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
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse