Results for “山”

lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom) / fig. to spend one's money without generating any income

lit. sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight (idiom) / fig. watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted

cinereous vulture (Aegypius monachus)

to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom) / to enforce the law strictly

hill cemetery / graveyard / grave / grave mound / low wall at the back of a traditional tomb

(jocular) to be under great pressure (a pun on 亞歷山大|亚历山大[Yà lì shān dà])

Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom) / Long may you live!

mountainous

Lynx rufus

(bird species of China) great tit (Parus major)

isolated peak

as secure as Mount Taishan / as solid as a rock

andesite (geology)

to restrict access to a mountainous area to promote natural forest regeneration

(bird species of China) Swinhoe's minivet (Pericrocotus cantonensis)

(lit.) mountains of corpses and oceans of blood (idiom) / (fig.) a scene of wholesale slaughter

towering mountains and precipitous ridges (idiom)

the old man moves mountains (idiom) / fig. where there's a will, there's a way

to start a clique / to form a faction

to talk idly about important matters (idiom) / to set the world to rights / to pass judgment on everything

laborers who carry cargo up and down the mountains on shoulder poles

lit. to topple the mountains and overturn the seas (idiom) / earth-shattering / fig. gigantic / of spectacular significance

mountaineer (HK)

(slang) (from Cantonese) to bow out after a long career / to pack it in / (of a gangster, prostitute etc) to get out of the game / (of a business) to cease to operate

the final work in the career of a composer, film director or architect etc

free-range chicken

a deliberate show of strength as a warning

a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom)

(bird species of China) Daurian partridge (Perdix dauurica)

the sun sets over western hills (idiom) / the day approaches its end / fig. time of decline / the end of an era / Sic transit gloria mundi

lit. to willfully go towards the mountain although knowing that it has tigers (idiom) / fig. to take a risk despite knowing the dangers

Indian azalea (Rhododendron simsii)

there are no rivers to one who has crossed the ocean, and no clouds to one who has passed Mount Wu (idiom) / one who has seen the world doesn't stop at small things

lit. to have eyes but fail to recognize Mt Tai (idiom) / fig. to fail to recognize sb important or sb's great talent / to be blind to the fact

to make a temple pilgrimage and burn incense

a pilgrimage to a holy mountain

(bird species of China) rufous-naped tit (Periparus rufonuchalis)

(bird species of China) Siberian accentor (Prunella montanella)

(bird species of China) rufous-fronted bushtit (Aegithalos iouschistos)

to have a long and hard journey (idiom)