山洞
shān dòng
Pinyin

Definition

山洞
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shān dòng
  1. cavern
  2. cave

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中山
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
人山人海
rén shān rén hǎi
  1. 1 multitude
  2. 2 vast crowd
佛山
Fó shān
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong
冰山
bīng shān
  1. 1 iceberg
  2. 2 classifier: 座 zuò
唐山
Táng shān
  1. 1 Tangshan prefecture level city in Hebei

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

Sample Sentences

巨人很不服气，但他假装很友好地说：“你真厉害，今晚就住在我的山洞里吧。”
jùrén hěn bùfúqì ，dàn tā jiǎzhuāng hěn yǒuhǎo de shuō ：“nǐ zhēn lìhai ，jīnwǎn jiù zhùzài wǒ de shāndòng lǐ ba 。”
The giant is not pleased in his defeat, but pretending to be friendly he says, “You are really amazing. Tonight why don't you stay in my cave?”
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小裁缝跟着他去了山洞。洞里住着很多巨人。睡觉的时候，小裁缝没有睡在床上，而是偷偷地爬到了角落里。半夜，巨人以为小裁缝睡着了，就拿起一把斧头，往床上砍了几下，他还以为把小裁缝砍死了。
xiǎo cáifeng gēn zhe tā qù le shāndòng 。dòng lǐ zhùzhe hěn duō jùrén 。shuìjiào de shíhou ，xiǎo cáifeng méiyǒu shuì zài chuáng shàng ，érshì tōutōu de pádào le jiǎoluò lǐ 。bànyè ，jùrén yǐwéi xiǎo cáifeng shuìzháo le ，jiù náqǐ yī bǎ fǔtóu ，wǎng chuáng shàng kǎn le jǐ xià ，tā hái yǐwéi bǎ xiǎo cáifeng kǎn sǐ le 。
The little tailor follows him to his cave. Inside the cave live many giants. When sleeping, the little tailor doesn't sleep in his bed, rather, he secretly crawls into a corner. At midnight, the giant thinks that the little tailor is asleep, picks up an ax and swings it at the bed several times, believing that he's killed the little tailor.
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山洞很深。
shāndòng hěn shēn 。
The cave is very deep.
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