几十年 幾十年 jǐ shí nián several tens of years / several decades 几度 幾度 jǐ dù how many times / several times / how many degrees (in terms of temperature or angle) / several degrees / to what degree / to what extent syn 横断山脉 橫斷山脈 héng duàn shān mài Hengduan mountains, several parallel mountain ranges on the border between west Yunnan and Sichuan and east Tibet 棘手 jí shǒu thorny (problem) / intractable syn 荆棘 荊棘 jīng jí thistles and thorns / brambles / thorny undergrowth syn 带刺 帶刺 dài cì thorny / (fig.) barbed / sarcastic 柘 zhè a thorny tree / sugarcane / Cudrania triloba / three-bristle cudrania (Cudrania tricuspidata) / Chinese mulberry (Cudrania) 棫 yù (oak) / thorny shrub 棘楚 jí chǔ thorny problem / troublesome affair 死结难解 死結難解 sǐ jié nán jiě enigmatic knot hard to untie (idiom) / thorny problem / intractable difficulty 绕手 繞手 rào shǒu thorny issue / tricky case 栉齿锯鳐 thorny skate 攻坚克难 攻堅克難 gōng jiān kè nán to tackle a thorny problem and overcome its challenges 高山 gāo shān high mountain / alpine mountain syn 山林 shān lín wooded mountain / mountain forest syn 山势 山勢 shān shì topography of a mountain / features of a mountain syn 五指山 wǔ zhǐ shān Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 堆积如山 堆積如山 duī jī rú shān to pile up like a mountain (idiom) / a mountain of (paperwork etc) / a large number of sth syn 火焰山 huǒ yàn shān Mountain of Flames of legend / fig. insurmountable obstacle / Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang 山岳 山嶽 shān yuè mountain / hill / lofty mountain syn 峰 fēng (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit / mountain-like in appearance / highest level / classifier for camels syn 岳 嶽 yuè high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge syn 岭 嶺 lǐng mountain range / mountain ridge syn 崮 gù steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names) 峰回路转 峰回路轉 fēng huí lù zhuǎn the mountain road twists around each new peak (idiom) / (of a mountain road) twisting and turning / fig. an opportunity has come unexpectedly / things have taken a new turn syn 巴山越岭 巴山越嶺 bā shān yuè lǐng to climb hills and pass over mountains (idiom) / to cross mountain after mountain / good at climbing mountains 泉石膏肓 quán shí gāo huāng lit. mountain springs and rocks in one's heart (idiom) / a deep love of mountain scenery 隒 yǎn the appearance of a mountain, as if two pots were standing one upon the other / the steep bank of a stream / a rough mountain path 不周山 bù zhōu shān Buzhou Mountain, a mountain from Chinese legend 巓 diān same as 巔|巅[dian1] / summit / mountain peak / mountain top 登峰 dēng fēng to climb a mountain / to scale a peak / mountain climbing / mountaineering 靠山吃山，靠水吃水 kào shān chī shān , kào shuǐ chī shuǐ lit. the mountain dweller lives off the mountain, the shore dweller lives off the sea (idiom) / fig. to make the best use of local resources / to exploit one's position to advance oneself / to find one's niche / to live off the land 山区可持续发展国际伙伴关系 山區可持續發展國際夥伴關系 International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions / Mountain Partnership 山区伙伴关系 山區伙伴關系 shān qū huǒ bàn guān xì International Partnership for Sustainable Development in Mountain Regions / Mountain Partnership 汉拿山 漢拿山 hàn ná shān Hallasan Mountain or Mount Halla, highest mountain in South Korea 山洼 山窪 shān wā mountain hollow / mountain depression 几个 幾個 jǐ ge a few / several / how many 几天 幾天 jǐ tiān several days 几次 幾次 jǐ cì several times 几年 幾年 jǐ nián a few years / several years / how many years? 三国 三國 sān guó Three Kingdoms period (220-280) in Chinese history / any of several Three Kingdoms periods in Korean history, esp. from 1st century AD to unification under Silla 新羅|新罗[Xin1luo2] in 658 好几 好幾 hǎo jǐ several / quite a few syn 几位 幾位 jǐ wèi several people (honorific) / Ladies and Gentlemen! 几个月 幾個月 jǐ ge yuè several months / the last few months 数百 數百 shù bǎi several hundred 几百 幾百 jǐ bǎi several hundred 数万 數萬 shù wàn several tens of thousands / many thousand 数年 數年 shù nián several years / many years 多用 duō yòng multipurpose / having several uses 几千 幾千 jǐ qiān several thousand 几个小时 幾個小時 jǐ ge xiǎo shí several hours 连夜 連夜 lián yè that very night / through the night / for several nights in a row syn 靖国神社 靖國神社 jìng guó shén shè Yasukuni Shrine, Shinto shrine in Tokyo to Japanese war dead, controversial as burial ground of several Class A war criminals 点选 點選 diǎn xuǎn to select / (computing) to click on (one of several options) / to navigate to (a webpage) 数月 數月 shù yuè several months 数百万 數百萬 shù bǎi wàn several million 三五 sān wǔ several / three or five 复方 複方 fù fāng compound prescription (involving several medicines) 连败 連敗 lián bài consecutive defeats / to lose several times in a row 历任 歷任 lì rèn (of one person) to hold the successive posts of / (of several persons) the successive (presidents etc) 国家主席 國家主席 guó jiā zhǔ xí president (title of the head of state of China and several other nations) 几倍 幾倍 jǐ bèi several times (bigger) / double, treble, quadruple etc 相加 xiāng jiā to add up (numbers) / (fig.) to put together (several things of the same type, e.g. skills) 蝉联 蟬聯 chán lián to continue in a post / (to hold a post) several times in succession / (to win a title) in successive years / to stay at number one / to defend a championship syn 最近几年 最近幾年 zuì jìn jǐ nián the last few years / last several years / recent years 几样 幾樣 jǐ yàng several kinds 大坑 dà kēng Tai Hang District, Hong Kong / Dakeng, the name of several places in Taiwan, notably a scenic hilly area of Taichung 台中[Tai2 zhong1] 连日 連日 lián rì day after day / for several days running syn 几十亿 幾十億 jǐ shí yì several billion 歧义 歧義 qí yì ambiguity / several possible meanings 雷鸟 雷鳥 léi niǎo capercaillie (Lagopus, several species) / thunderbird (in native American mythology) 些 xiē classifier indicating a small amount or small number greater than 1: some, a few, several syn 重奏 chóng zòu musical ensemble of several instruments (e.g. duet 二重奏 or trio 三重奏) 邓亚萍 鄧亞萍 dèng yà píng Deng Yaping (1973-), table tennis player, several times world and Olympic winner 几 幾 jǐ how much / how many / several / a few syn 数 數 shù number / figure / several / a few syn 楼船 樓船 lóu chuán ship with several decks / turreted junk 套印 tào yìn color printing using several overlaid images 秋瑾 qiū jǐn Qiu Jin (1875-1907), famous female martyr of the anti-Qing revolution, the subject of several books and films 套色 tào shǎi color printing using several overlaid images 苍术 蒼術 cāng zhú black atractylodes rhizome (dried rhizome of any of several atractylodes species) (TCM) 鉴真 鑒真 jiàn zhēn Jianzhen or Ganjin (688-763), Tang dynastic Buddhist monk, who crossed to Japan after several unsuccessful attempts, influential in Japanese Buddhism 红珊瑚 紅珊瑚 hóng shān hú red coral / precious coral (Corallium rubrum and several related species of marine coral) 几年来 幾年來 jǐ nián lái for the past several years 吴晗 吳晗 wú hán Wu Han (1909-1969), historian, author of biography of Zhu Yuanzhang 朱元璋, hounded to his death together with several members of his family during the cultural revolution 兼课 兼課 jiān kè to teach classes in addition to other duties / to hold several teaching jobs 盾 dùn shield / (currency) Vietnamese dong / currency unit of several countries (Indonesian rupiah, Dutch gulden etc) syn 浯 wú (name of several rivers in China) 蓠 蘺 lí red algae / Gracilaria, several species, some edible / Japanese ogonori / arch. used for vanilla-like herb 好几年 好幾年 hǎo jǐ nián several years 数十亿 數十億 shù shí yì several billion 兼施 jiān shī using several (methods) 可分 kě fēn can be divided (into parts) / one can distinguish (several types) 多幕剧 多幕劇 duō mù jù play in several acts / full-length drama 多日赛 多日賽 duō rì sài race of several days / many day competition 多音多义字 多音多義字 duō yīn duō yì zì character having several readings and meanings 封斋 封齋 fēng zhāi fast (in several religions) / Ramadan (Islam) / see also 齋月|斋月[Zhai1 yue4] 张揖 張揖 zhāng yī Zhang Yi (c. 3rd century), literary figure from Wei of the Three Kingdoms, other name 稚讓|稚让[Zhi4 rang4], named as compiler of earliest extant Chinese encyclopedia 廣雅|广雅[Guang3 ya3] and several lost works 