田陌 tián mò path between fields / fields 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 峰 fēng (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit / mountain-like in appearance / highest level / classifier for camels 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 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 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 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 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) 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 坚壁清野 堅壁清野 jiān bì qīng yě to fortify defenses and raze the fields (idiom) / to leave nothing for the invader / scorched earth policy syn 深山野岙 深山野嶴 shēn shān yě ào deep in the mountains and fields (idiom) 畲乡 畬鄉 yú xiāng fields and villages 法律和财政领域特设政府间专家工作组 法律和財政領域特設政府間專家工作組 Ad Hoc Intergovernmental Working Group of Experts in the legal and financial fields 法律及其他方面专家名册 法律及其他方面專家名冊 Register of Experts in Legal and Other Fields 田园 田園 tián yuán fields / countryside / rural / bucolic syn 下地 xià dì to go down to the fields / to get up from bed / to leave one's sickbed / to be born 荒废 荒廢 huāng fèi to abandon (cultivated fields) / no longer cultivated / to lie waste / wasted / to neglect (one's work or study) syn 梯田 tī tián stepped fields / terracing 沧海桑田 滄海桑田 cāng hǎi sāng tián lit. the blue sea turned into mulberry fields (idiom) / fig. the transformations of the world syn 野火 yě huǒ wildfire / (spreading like) wildfire / bush fire / farm fire (for clearing fields) syn 电磁场 電磁場 diàn cí chǎng electromagnetic fields 耕田 gēng tián to cultivate soil / to till fields syn 田埂 tián gěng embankment between fields syn 排涝 排澇 pái lào to drain flooded fields 丘成桐 qiū chéng tóng Shing-Tung Yau (1949-), Chinese-American mathematician, Fields medalist in 1982 梦溪笔谈 夢溪筆談 mèng xī bǐ tán Dream Pool Essays by Shen Kuo 沈括[Shen3 Kuo4], book on various fields of knowledge, the first to describe the magnetic needle compass 圳 zhèn (dialect) drainage ditch between fields (Taiwan pr. [zun4]) / used in place names, notably 深圳[Shen1 zhen4] 垄 壟 lǒng ridge between fields / crop row / mounded soil forming a ridge in a field / grave mound syn 甸 diàn suburbs or outskirts / one of the five degrees of official mourning attire in dynastic China / official in charge of fields (old) 畴 疇 chóu arable fields / cultivated field / class / category syn 町 tǐng raised path between fields 埂 gěng strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields syn 塍 chéng raised path between fields 渤澥桑田 bó xiè sāng tián lit. blue seas where once was mulberry fields (idiom, from 史記|史记[Shi3 ji4], Record of the Grand Historian) / time brings great changes / life's vicissitudes 畷 chuò raised path between fields 畾 léi fields divided by dikes 甽 quǎn drain between fields, irrigation 榃 tán raised path between fields 上山下乡 上山下鄉 shàng shān xià xiāng to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers) / forced agricultural experience for city intellectuals 土埂 tǔ gěng embankment between fields 淹灌 yān guàn basin irrigation (e.g. paddy fields) 灭茬 滅茬 miè chá to clear stubble from fields (agriculture) 菲尔兹 菲爾茲 fēi ěr zī Fields (name) 菲尔兹奖 菲爾茲獎 fēi ěr zī jiǎng Fields Medal (prestigious international award in mathematics) 菲尔兹奖得主 菲爾茲獎得主 fēi ěr zī jiǎng dé zhǔ recipient of Fields medal 辍耕 輟耕 chuò gēng to stop plowing / to give up a life in the fields 陶哲轩 陶哲軒 táo zhé xuān Terence Tao, Chinese-Australian mathematician, Fields medalist in 2006 极低频电磁场 極低頻電磁場 jí dī pín diàn cí chǎng extremely low frequency electromagnetic fields 通戈金刚石矿区 通戈金剛石礦區 Tongo Fields 全球云区 全球雲區 global cloud fields 戽斗 hù dǒu bailing bucket (tool for irrigating fields) / protruding lower jaw syn 埂子 gěng zi strip of high ground / low earth dyke separating fields syn 九野 jiǔ yě the nine "fields" into which Heaven was anciently divided / the Nine Provinces of ancient China 垏 lǜ (literary) earth ridge between fields / (used in place names) 垙 guāng (literary) footpath separating fields / (used in place names) 下田 xià tián to go out to work in the fields 幽明 yōu míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 幽明 yōu - míng the hidden and the visible / that which can be seen and that which cannot / darkness and light / night and day / wisdom and ignorance / evil and good / the living and the dead / men and ghosts 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 山高水长 山高水長 shān gāo shuǐ cháng high as the mountain and long as the river (idiom) / fig. noble and far-reaching syn 白头山 白頭山 bái tóu shān Baekdu or Changbai mountains 長白山|长白山, volcanic mountain range between Jilin province and North Korea, prominent in Manchu and Korean mythology 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 山脉生态与可持续发展研究与训练方桉 山脈生態與可持續發展研究與訓練方案 Mountain Ecology and Sustainable Development Research and Training Programme 非洲山脉和高地研究开发协会 非洲山脈和高地研究開發協會 Association for Research and Development on African Mountains and Highlands / African Mountain Association 非洲山脉协会 非洲山脈協會 Association for Research and Development on African Mountains and Highlands / African Mountain Association 山水 shān shuǐ water from a mountain / mountains and rivers / scenery / landscape 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 绵延 綿延 mián yán (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous / to stretch long and unbroken 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 秦岭 秦嶺 qín lǐng Qinling Mountain Range in Shaanxi forming a natural barrier between the Guanzhong Plain 關中平原|关中平原[Guan1 zhong1 Ping2 yuan2] and the Han River 漢水|汉水[Han4 shui3] valley 大别山 大別山 dà bié shān Dabie mountain range on the borders of Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces 峰峦 峰巒 fēng luán peaks and ridges / ragged outline of mountain peaks syn 高寒 gāo hán high and cold (mountain area) syn 须弥 須彌 xū mí Mt Meru or Sumeru, sacred mountain in Buddhist and Jain tradition / Mt Xumi in Guyuan 固原[Gu4 yuan2], Ningxia, with many Buddhist cave statues 紫金山 zǐ jīn shān Purple Mountain in suburbs of Nanjing, with Ming tombs and Sun Yat-sen's mausoleum 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 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 逶迤 wēi yí (literary) (of roads, rivers, mountain ranges etc) long and winding / meandering syn 南岭 南嶺 nán lǐng Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi 坐山观虎斗 坐山觀虎鬥 zuò shān guān hǔ dòu 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 syn 高行健 gāo xíng jiàn Gao Xingjian (1940-), Chinese novelist and Nobel laureate, author of Soul Mountain 靈山|灵山 文山会海 文山會海 wén shān huì hǎi a mountain of paperwork and a sea of meetings (idiom) syn 腰 yāo the waist and lower back / (bound form) kidney of an animal (as food) / the waist of trousers or a skirt / (metonym) money pouch / pocket / (bound form) the middle section of an upright object (mountain, bottle etc) syn 