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 北麓 běi lù the northern foothills (of a mountain) syn 山势 山勢 shān shì topography of a mountain / features of a mountain syn 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 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 北大荒 běi dà huāng the Great Northern Wilderness (in Northern China) 山岳 山嶽 shān yuè mountain / hill / lofty mountain syn 北周 běi zhōu the Northern Zhou Dynasty (557-581) / one of the Northern Dynasties 六盘山 六盤山 liù pán shān Liupan Mountains, mountain range in northern China 魏书 魏書 wèi shū History of Wei of the Northern Dynasties, tenth of the 24 dynastic histories 二十四史[Er4 shi2 si4 Shi3], compiled by Wei Shou 魏收[Wei4 Shou1] in 554 during Northern Qi Dynasty 北齊|北齐[Bei3 Qi2], 114 scrolls 西魏 xī wèi Western Wei of the Northern dynasties (535-557), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 北伐战争 北伐戰爭 běi fá zhàn zhēng the Northern Expedition, the Nationalists' campaign of 1926-1927 under Chiang Kaishek against the Northern Warlords 东魏 東魏 dōng wèi Eastern Wei of the Northern dynasties (534-550), formed from the break-up of Wei of the Northern Dynasties 北魏 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) 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 事儿 事兒 shì r one's employment / business / matter that needs to be settled / (northern dialect) (of a person) demanding / trying / troublesome / erhua variant of 事[shi4] / CL:件[jian4],樁|桩[zhuang1] syn 英国 英國 yīng guó United Kingdom 聯合王國|联合王国[Lian2 he2 wang2 guo2] / United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland / abbr. for England 英格蘭|英格兰[Ying1 ge2 lan2] 山 shān mountain / hill (CL:座[zuo4]) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on syn 盒子 hé zi box / case / hezi – a savory turnover-like pie in northern Chinese and Mongolian cuisines syn 东京 東京 dōng jīng Tokyo, capital of Japan / Tonkin (northern Vietnam during the French colonial period) 北方 běi fāng north / the northern part a country / China north of the Yellow River syn 北部 běi bù northern part syn 米歇尔 米歇爾 mǐ xiē ěr Michel or Mitchell (name) / George Mitchell (1933-), US Democratic party politician and diplomat, influential in brokering Northern Ireland peace deal in 1990s, US Middle East special envoy from 2009 北边 北邊 běi biān north / north side / northern part / to the north of syn 雪山 xuě shān snow-capped mountain 北面 běi miàn northern side / north 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 达尔文 達爾文 dá ěr wén Charles Darwin (1809-1882), British biologist, author of "On the Origin of Species" 物種起源|物种起源[Wu3zhong3 Qi3yuan2] / Darwin, capital of the Northern Territory (Australia) 山区 山區 shān qū mountain area / CL:個|个[ge4] syn 嘎嘎 gā gā (onom.) quack / honk / (northern dialect) very / also pr. [ga1 ga5], [ga2 ga5] etc 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 鞑靼 韃靼 dá dá Tartar (various northern tribes in ancient China) / Tatar (Turkic ethnic group in central Asia) 山口 shān kǒu mountain pass 北半球 běi bàn qiú Northern Hemisphere 北爱尔兰 北愛爾蘭 běi ài ěr lán Northern Ireland 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 花木兰 花木蘭 huā mù lán Hua Mulan, legendary woman warrior (c. fifth century), Northern dynasties folk hero recorded in Sui and Tang literature 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 北郊 běi jiāo northern suburbs 山岭 山嶺 shān lǐng mountain ridge syn 激浪 jī làng Mountain Dew syn 北爱 北愛 běi ài abbr. for 北愛爾蘭|北爱尔兰[Bei3 Ai4 er3 lan2], Northern Ireland 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 北国 北國 běi guó the northern part of the country / the North 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 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 北朝 běi cháo Northern Dynasties (386-581) 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] 南北朝 nán běi cháo Northern and Southern dynasties (420-589) 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 苏东坡 蘇東坡 sū dōng pō Su Dongpo, another name for Su Shi 蘇軾|苏轼 (1037-1101), northern Song writer and calligrapher 山涧 山澗 shān jiàn mountain stream syn 八国联军 八國聯軍 bā guó lián jūn Eight-Nation Alliance, involved in a military intervention in northern China in 1900 南麓 nán lù the southern foothills (of a mountain) syn 峻岭 峻嶺 jùn lǐng lofty mountain range syn 关隘 關隘 guān ài mountain pass syn 新竹 xīn zhú Xinzhu or Hsinchu city in northern Taiwan, noted for high tech industries / Xinzhu or Hsinchu county in northwest Taiwan 