峨嵋山
É méi shān
Pinyin
Definition
峨嵋山
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- Mt Emei in Sichuan, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Samantabhadra 普賢|普贤
Character Decomposition
Related Words (20)
Idioms (20)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
不识泰山
- 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
不显山不露水
- 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
- 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
- 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
兵败如山倒
- 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
Sample Sentences
我也是临时抱佛脚的。好像峨嵋山是普贤菩萨的道场,还有九华山是......哎,我又忘了。
I only looked it up last minute myself. I think Emei Mountain is Bodhisattva Puxian's sacred place, and Jiuhua Mountain is...hm, I forgot.