高山 gāo shān high mountain / alpine mountain syn 山林 shān lín wooded mountain / mountain forest syn 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 五指山 wǔ zhǐ shān Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan 火焰山 huǒ yàn shān Mountain of Flames of legend / fig. insurmountable obstacle / Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang 山势 山勢 shān shì topography of a mountain / features of a mountain syn 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 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 岭 嶺 lǐng mountain range / mountain ridge syn 岳 嶽 yuè high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge syn 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 崮 gù steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names) 名 míng name / noun (part of speech) / place (e.g. among winners) / famous / classifier for people syn 关 關 guān mountain pass / to close / to shut / to turn off / to confine / to lock (sb) up / to shut (sb in a room, a bird in a cage etc) / to concern / to involve syn 山 shān mountain / hill (CL:座[zuo4]) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on syn 著名 zhù míng famous / noted / well-known / celebrated syn 有名 yǒu míng famous / well-known syn 知名 zhī míng well-known / famous syn 再生 zài shēng to be reborn / to regenerate / to be a second so-and-so (famous dead person) / recycling / regeneration syn 成名 chéng míng to make one's name / to become famous syn 名牌 míng pái famous brand / nameplate / name tag syn 歌星 gē xīng singing star / famous singer syn 大名 dà míng famous name / your distinguished name / one's formal personal name / (Japanese history) daimyo syn 闻名 聞名 wén míng well-known / famous / renowned / eminent syn 雪山 xuě shān snow-capped mountain 山脉 山脈 shān mài mountain range / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 冰山 bīng shān iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:座[zuo4] 名言 míng yán saying / famous remark 登山 dēng shān to climb a mountain / climbing / mountaineering syn 山脊 shān jǐ mountain ridge syn 开门见山 開門見山 kāi mén jiàn shān lit. to open the door and see the mountain / fig. to get right to the point (idiom) syn 爬山 pá shān to climb a mountain / to mountaineer / hiking / mountaineering syn 宝剑 寶劍 bǎo jiàn (double-edged) sword (esp. a valuable or famous one) / CL:把[ba3] syn 山区 山區 shān qū mountain area / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 烧酒 燒酒 shāo jiǔ name of a famous Tang dynasty wine / same as 白酒[bai2 jiu3] syn 女星 nǚ xīng female star / famous actress syn 大名鼎鼎 dà míng dǐng dǐng grand reputation / renowned / famous syn 山峰 shān fēng (mountain) peak syn 云梯 雲梯 yún tī (military) ladder used for scaling the walls of a fortified place (i.e. for escalading) in ancient times / firefighters' extension ladder / stone steps on a mountain 山路 shān lù mountain road syn 窈窕 yǎo tiǎo (literary) (of a woman) graceful and refined / comely / (esp.) slender / slim / (literary) (of a bower, a mountain stream or a boudoir within a palace etc) secluded syn 盛名 shèng míng famous reputation syn 山头 山頭 shān tóu mountain top syn 名曲 míng qǔ famous song / well-known piece of music 名贵 名貴 míng guì famous and valuable / rare / precious syn 名画 名畫 míng huà famous painting 名门 名門 míng mén famous family / prestigious house syn 山村 shān cūn mountain village syn 名校 míng xiào famous school 山口 shān kǒu mountain pass 扬名 揚名 yáng míng to become famous / to become notorious syn 墨迹 墨跡 mò jì ink marks / original calligraphy or painting of famous person syn 西施 xī shī Xishi (c. 450 BC), famous Chinese beauty, foremost of the four legendary beauties 四大美女[si4 da4 mei3 nu:3], given by King Gou Jian 勾踐|勾践[Gou1 Jian4] of Yue as concubine to King of Wu as part of a successful plan to destroy Wu syn 齐名 齊名 qí míng equally famous syn 山寨 shān zhài fortified hill village / mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) / (fig.) knockoff (goods) / counterfeit / imitation syn 山峦 山巒 shān luán mountain range / unbroken chain of peaks syn 闻名于世 聞名於世 wén míng yú shì world-famous 举世闻名 舉世聞名 jǔ shì wén míng world-famous (idiom) syn 名将 名將 míng jiàng famous general syn 山脚 山腳 shān jiǎo foot of a mountain syn 连绵 連綿 lián mián continuous / unbroken / uninterrupted / extending forever into the distance (of mountain range, river etc) syn 庐山 廬山 lú shān Lushan district of Jiujiang city 九江市, Jiangxi / Mt Lushan in Jiujiang, famous as summer holiday spot 名医 名醫 míng yī famous doctor syn 绵延 綿延 mián yán (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous / to stretch long and unbroken syn 名师 名師 míng shī famous master / great teacher syn 名作 míng zuò masterpiece / famous work syn 响当当 響噹噹 xiǎng dāng dāng resounding / loud / well known / famous syn 翻山越岭 翻山越嶺 fān shān yuè lǐng lit. to pass over mountain ridges (idiom) / fig. hardships of the journey syn 逸事 yì shì anecdote / lost or apocryphal story about famous person syn 山水 shān shuǐ water from a mountain / mountains and rivers / scenery / landscape syn 名胜 名勝 míng shèng a place famous for its scenery or historical relics / scenic spot / CL:處|处[chu4] syn 靠山 kào shān patron / backer / close to a mountain syn 怪杰 怪傑 guài jié monstre sacré (i.e. artist famous for being deliberately preposterous) syn 山穷水尽 山窮水盡 shān qióng shuǐ jìn mountain and river exhausted (idiom) / at the end of the line / nowhere to go syn 出山 chū shān to leave the mountain (of a hermit) / to come out of obscurity to a government job / to take a leading position 名句 míng jù oft-quoted phrase / famous line syn 山沟 山溝 shān gōu valley / gully / mountain region syn 隘口 ài kǒu mountain pass 名菜 míng cài famous dishes / specialty dishes 名酒 míng jiǔ a famous wine syn 山岭 山嶺 shān lǐng mountain ridge syn 真迹 真跡 zhēn jì authentic (painting or calligraphy) / genuine work (of famous artist) syn 门生 門生 mén shēng disciple / student (of a famous master) syn 契诃夫 契訶夫 qì hē fū Anton Pavlovich Chekhov (1860-1904), Russian writer famous for his short stories and plays 激浪 jī làng Mountain Dew syn 驰名 馳名 chí míng famous syn 山腰 shān yāo the place halfway up a mountain syn 山洪 shān hóng deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt syn 高耸入云 高聳入雲 gāo sǒng rù yún tall and erect, reaching through the clouds (idiom) / used to describe tall mountain or skyscraper syn 开山 開山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery syn 峰峦 峰巒 fēng luán peaks and ridges / ragged outline of mountain peaks syn 荒山 huāng shān desert mountain / barren hill 山体 山體 shān tǐ form of a mountain syn 慕名 mù míng to admire sb's reputation / to seek out famous person or location syn 蜚声 蜚聲 fēi shēng to make a name / to become famous syn 山峡 山峽 shān xiá gorge / canyon / mountain valley syn 嵩山 sōng shān Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] 山歌 shān gē folk song / mountain song 