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 山脉 山脈 shān mài mountain range / CL:條|条[tiao2] syn 爬山 pá shān to climb a mountain / to mountaineer / hiking / mountaineering syn 狼吞虎咽 狼吞虎嚥 láng tūn hǔ yàn to wolf down one's food (idiom) / to devour ravenously / to gorge oneself 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 碧螺春 bì luó chūn biluochun or pi lo chun, a type of green tea grown in the Dongting Mountain region near Lake Tai 太湖[Tai4 Hu2], Jiangsu 猛吃 měng chī to gobble up / to gorge oneself on (food) 山难 山難 shān nàn mountain accident 山嘴 shān zuǐ mountain spur syn 套 tào to cover / to encase / cover / sheath / to overlap / to interleave / to model after / to copy / formula / harness / loop of rope / (fig.) to fish for / to obtain slyly / classifier for sets, collections / bend (of a river or mountain range, in place names) / tau (Greek letter Ττ) 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 岔 chà fork in road / bifurcation / branch in road, river, mountain range etc / to branch off / to turn off / to diverge / to stray (from the path) / to change the subject / to interrupt / to stagger (times) syn 陂 bēi pool / pond / bank of a pond / mountain slope / Taiwan pr. [pi2] 崤 xiáo name of a mountain in Henan / also pr. [Yao2] 山水 shān shuǐ water from a mountain / mountains and rivers / scenery / landscape syn 三峡 三峽 sān xiá Three Gorges on the Chang Jiang or Yangtze, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2] / Sanxia or Sanhsia town in New Taipei City 新北市[Xin1 bei3 shi4], Taiwan 高山 gāo shān high mountain / alpine mountain syn 山区 山區 shān qū mountain area / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 山路 shān lù mountain road syn 雪山 xuě shān snow-capped mountain 登山 dēng shān to climb a mountain / climbing / mountaineering syn 华山 華山 huà shān Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] 山林 shān lín wooded mountain / mountain forest syn 山峰 shān fēng (mountain) peak syn 山头 山頭 shān tóu mountain top syn 冰山 bīng shān iceberg / ice-covered mountain / (fig.) a backer one cannot rely on for long / CL:座[zuo4] 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 山村 shān cūn mountain village syn 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] 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 大吃 dà chī to gorge oneself / to pig out 名山 míng shān famous mountain 山口 shān kǒu mountain pass 绵延 綿延 mián yán (esp. of a mountain range) to be continuous / to stretch long and unbroken 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 荒山 huāng shān desert mountain / barren hill 山寨 shān zhài fortified hill village / mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits) / (fig.) knockoff (goods) / counterfeit / imitation syn 开山 開山 kāi shān to cut into a mountain (to open a mine) / to open a monastery syn 靠山 kào shān patron / backer / close to a mountain syn 山体 山體 shān tǐ form of a mountain syn 嵩山 sōng shān Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] 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 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 断背山 斷背山 duàn bèi shān Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[Li3 An1] 山腰 shān yāo the place halfway up a mountain syn 山峦 山巒 shān luán mountain range / unbroken chain of peaks 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 山歌 shān gē folk song / mountain song 武当山 武當山 wǔ dāng shān Wudang Mountain range in northwest Hubei 北山 běi shān northern mountain / refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan 神山 shén shān sacred mountain 山洪 shān hóng deluge caused by torrential water flow off a mountain after heavy rain or snowmelt syn 昆仑山 崑崙山 kūn lún shān Kunlun Mountain range 山沟 山溝 shān gōu valley / gully / mountain region syn 山岭 山嶺 shān lǐng mountain ridge syn 山脊 shān jǐ mountain ridge syn 长江三峡 長江三峽 cháng jiāng sān xiá Three Gorges or Yangtze Gorges, namely: Qutang Gorge 瞿塘峽|瞿塘峡[Qu2 tang2 Xia2], Wuxia Gorge 巫峽|巫峡[Wu1 Xia2] and Xiling Gorge 西陵峽|西陵峡[Xi1 ling2 Xia2] 仙山 xiān shān mountain of Immortals 山神 shān shén mountain god 沟壑 溝壑 gōu hè gorge / gulch / ravine / deep ditch syn 茅山 máo shān Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Ju4 rong2], Jiangsu Province 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 恒山 恆山 héng shān Mt Heng in Shanxi, northern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] / Hengshan district of Jixi city 雞西|鸡西[Ji1 xi1], Heilongjiang 五指山 wǔ zhǐ shān Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan 山涧 山澗 shān jiàn mountain stream syn 大别山 大別山 dà bié shān Dabie mountain range on the borders of Henan, Anhui and Hubei provinces 群峰 qún fēng the peaks of a mountain range syn 峰峦 峰巒 fēng luán peaks and ridges / ragged outline of mountain peaks syn 阿里山 ā lǐ shān Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan 山乡 山鄉 shān xiāng mountain area syn 阿尔卑斯山 阿爾卑斯山 ā ěr bēi sī shān Alps, mountain range bordering Switzerland 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 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 火焰山 huǒ yàn shān Mountain of Flames of legend / fig. insurmountable obstacle / Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang 大青山 dà qīng shān Daqing Mountain in Hohhot 呼和浩特[Hu1 he2 hao4 te4], Inner Mongolia 山岳 山嶽 shān yuè mountain / hill / lofty mountain syn 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 溪谷 xī gǔ valley / gorge 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 虎跳峡 虎跳峽 hǔ tiào xiá Tiger Leaping Gorge on the Jinsha River 金沙江[Jin1sha1jiang1] in Yunnan 南麓 nán lù the southern foothills (of a mountain) syn 峻岭 峻嶺 jùn lǐng lofty mountain range syn 北麓 běi lù the northern foothills (of a mountain) syn 山地车 山地車 shān dì chē mountain bike 南岭 南嶺 nán lǐng Nanling mountain, on the border of Hunan, Jiangxi, Guangdong and Guangxi 大快朵颐 大快朵頤 dà kuài duǒ yí to gorge oneself / to eat heartily (idiom) syn 纳木错 納木錯 nà mù cuò Namtso or Lake Nam (officially Nam Co), mountain lake at Nakchu in central Tibet 山梁 shān liáng mountain ridge syn 关隘 關隘 guān ài mountain pass syn 山行 shān xíng mountain hike 