泰山
Tài shān
Pinyin

Definition

泰山
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Tài shān
  1. Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle)
  2. Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan
泰山
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Tài Shān
  1. Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wǔ yuè]

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

孺子可教也！是的，“词”本身，在我们的大脑里，只是信息模块的载体，每个词背后所提供的信息量是相当大的，而“词汇是语言的一切”这一说法，就是咱们语言学的泰山北斗乔姆斯基在八十年代提出的。
rúzǐkějiāo yě ！shì de ，“cí ”běnshēn ，zài wǒmen de dànǎo lǐ ，zhǐshì xìnxī mókuài de zàitǐ ，měige cí bèihòu suǒ tígōng de xìnxīliàng shì xiāngdāng dà de ，ér “cíhuì shì yǔyán de yīqiè ”zhè yī shuōfa ，jiùshì zánmen yǔyánxué de tàishānběidǒu Qiáomǔsījī zài bāshí niándài tíchū de 。
You're a quick learner! Yes, words themselves, in our brains, are simply carriers of modules of data. The amount of data behind each word is quite substantial, and the saying "vocabulary is everything in language", was proposed by the giant of the linguistics field, Noam Chomsky, back in the 1980s.
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责任重于泰山。
zérèn zhòng yú Tàishān 。
Responsibility is heavier than Tai Mountain.
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我们即便除掉了容娘娘，以后还会冒出无数个容娘娘来争宠。而皇后却只有一个。她虽然没能生育龙种，可地位依然稳如泰山。这说明皇上非常信任她。娘娘自己看，她是不是您最大的敌人呢？
wǒmen jíbiàn chúdiào le Róng niángniang ，yǐhòu hái huì mào chū wúshù gè Róng niángniang lái zhēngchǒng 。ér huánghòu què zhǐyǒu yāo gè 。tā suīrán méi néng shēngyù lóngzhǒng ，kě dìwèi yīrán wěnrútàishān 。zhè shuōmíng huángshang fēicháng xìnrèn tā 。niángniang zìjǐ kàn ，tā shì bù shì nín zuì dà de dírén ne ？
Even if we got rid of Lady Rong, an endless number of Lady Rongs would spring up to compete for the Emperor's favor. But there's only one Empress. Even though she's never given birth to a son, her status is as secure as Mount Tai. That means that the Emperor really trusts her. Look, my lady-- isn't she your biggest enemy?
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