高尚 gāo shàng noble / lofty / refined / exquisite syn 高大 gāo dà tall / lofty / towering syn 气概 氣概 qì gài lofty quality / mettle / spirit syn 高山 gāo shān high mountain / alpine mountain syn 雄心 xióng xīn great ambition / lofty aspiration syn 神气 神氣 shén qì expression / manner / vigorous / impressive / lofty / pretentious 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 凌云 凌雲 líng yún (lit. and fig.) towering / lofty / high syn 突兀 tū wù lofty or towering / sudden or abrupt syn 五指山 wǔ zhǐ shān Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan 高远 高遠 gāo yuǎn lofty 高洁 高潔 gāo jié noble and clean-living / lofty and unsullied syn 火焰山 huǒ yàn shān Mountain of Flames of legend / fig. insurmountable obstacle / Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang 巍峨 wēi é lofty / towering / majestic syn 峻岭 峻嶺 jùn lǐng lofty mountain range syn 险峰 險峰 xiǎn fēng perilous peak / the lofty heights syn 万丈 萬丈 wàn zhàng lit. ten thousand fathoms / fig. extremely high or deep / lofty / bottomless syn 山势 山勢 shān shì topography of a mountain / features of a mountain syn 峥嵘 崢嶸 zhēng róng towering / lofty and steep (mountains) / extraordinary / outstanding syn 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 傲骨 ào gǔ lofty and unyielding character syn 远志 遠志 yuǎn zhì far-reaching ambition / lofty ideal / milkwort (Polygala myrtifolia), with roots used in Chinese medicine syn 轩昂 軒昂 xuān áng high / lofty / elevated / dignified 仁人志士 rén rén zhì shì gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom) / people with lofty ideals syn 崔 cuī (literary) (of mountains) lofty 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 耸 聳 sǒng to excite / to raise up / to shrug / high / lofty / towering syn 岳 嶽 yuè high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge syn 崴 wēi high, lofty / precipitous syn 崇 chóng high / sublime / lofty / to esteem / to worship 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 岌 jí lofty peak / perilous 崔嵬 cuī wéi stony mound / rocky mountain / lofty / towering syn 志士仁人 zhì shì rén rén gentleman aspiring to benevolence (idiom) / people with lofty ideals syn 矗 chù lofty / upright syn 巍 wēi lofty / towering / Taiwan pr. [wei2] syn 嵩 sōng (literary) (of mountains) lofty syn 隗 wěi eminent / lofty 崮 gù steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names) 阆 閬 làng (literary) vast / spacious / (literary) lofty / (literary) tall door / (literary) dry moat outside a city wall 嵯 cuó lofty (as of mountain) 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 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] 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 山区 山區 shān qū mountain area / CL:個|个[ge4] 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 山头 山頭 shān tóu mountain top syn 山村 shān cūn mountain village syn 山口 shān kǒu mountain pass 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 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 绵延 綿延 mián yán (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous / to stretch long and unbroken 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 山水 shān shuǐ water from a mountain / mountains and rivers / scenery / landscape syn 靠山 kào shān patron / backer / close to a mountain 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 山沟 山溝 shān gōu valley / gully / mountain region syn 隘口 ài kǒu mountain pass 山岭 山嶺 shān lǐng mountain ridge syn 激浪 jī làng Mountain Dew syn 名山 míng shān famous mountain 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 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 北山 běi shān northern mountain / refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan 神山 shén shān sacred mountain 昆仑山 崑崙山 kūn lún shān Kunlun Mountain range 山乡 山鄉 shān xiāng mountain area syn 紫金山 zǐ jīn shān Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum 山梁 shān liáng mountain ridge syn 华山 華山 huà shān Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] 天池 tiān chí "heavenly lake", lake situated on a mountain / used as the name of numerous lakes, such as 長白山天池|长白山天池[Chang2 bai2 shan1 Tian1 chi2] 衡山 héng shān Mt Heng in Hunan, southern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Hengshan county in Hengyang 衡陽|衡阳[Heng2 yang2], Hunan 山涧 山澗 shān jiàn mountain stream syn 南麓 nán lù the southern foothills (of a mountain) syn 北麓 běi lù the northern foothills (of a mountain) syn 关隘 關隘 guān ài mountain pass syn 长白山 長白山 cháng bái shān Changbai or Baekdu mountains 白頭山|白头山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology 