最佳 zuì jiā optimum / optimal / peak / best (athlete, movie etc) syn 高潮 gāo cháo high tide / high water / upsurge / peak of activity / climax (of a story, a competition etc) / to have an orgasm 顶尖 頂尖 dǐng jiān peak / apex / world best / number one / finest (competitors) / top (figures in a certain field) syn 高峰 gāo fēng peak / summit / height syn 顶端 頂端 dǐng duān summit / peak syn 顶峰 頂峰 dǐng fēng peak / summit / fig. high point / masterpiece syn 巅峰 巔峰 diān fēng summit / apex / pinnacle (of one's career etc) / peak (of a civilization etc) syn 高山 gāo shān high mountain / alpine mountain syn 尖端 jiān duān sharp pointed end / the tip / the cusp / tip-top / most advanced and sophisticated / highest peak / the best syn 极致 極致 jí zhì peak / pinnacle / ultimate syn 绝顶 絕頂 jué dǐng (lit. and fig.) summit / peak / extremely / utterly syn 山峰 shān fēng (mountain) peak syn 叹为观止 嘆為觀止 tàn wéi guān zhǐ (idiom) to gasp in amazement / to acclaim as the peak of perfection syn 峰值 fēng zhí peak value 高峰期 gāo fēng qī peak period / rush hour 顶点 頂點 dǐng diǎn summit / peak / (math.) vertex syn 尖峰 jiān fēng sharp peak (landform) / (fig.) peak / spike 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 旺季 wàng jì busy season / peak period / see also 淡季[dan4 ji4] 全盛 quán shèng flourishing / at the peak / in full bloom syn 如日中天 rú rì zhōng tiān lit. like the sun at noon (idiom) / fig. to be at the peak of one's power, career etc 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 拉练 拉練 lā liàn (military) to undergo field training (camping, bivouacking, route marching, live fire practice etc) / (sports) to get into peak condition by competing overseas 洪峰 hóng fēng flood peak syn 险峰 險峰 xiǎn fēng perilous peak / the lofty heights syn 主峰 zhǔ fēng main peak (of a mountain range) syn 山势 山勢 shān shì topography of a mountain / features of a mountain syn 雪峰 xuě fēng snowy peak 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 孤山 gū shān isolated peak 神女峰 shén nǚ fēng name of a peak by the Three Gorges 長江三峽|长江三峡[Chang2 Jiang1 San1 xia2] 喷 噴 pèn (of a smell) strong / peak season (of a crop) / (classifier for the ordinal number of a crop, in the context of multiple harvests) 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 岌 jí lofty peak / perilous 玉皇顶 玉皇頂 yù huáng dǐng Jade Emperor Peak on Mt Tai in Shandong 鼎盛期 dǐng shèng qī golden age / heyday / period of peak prosperity 崛 jué towering as a peak 崮 gù steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names) 峤 嶠 jiào highest peak 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 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] 