经 經 jīng classics / sacred book / scripture / to pass through / to undergo / to bear / to endure / warp (textile) / longitude / menstruation / channel (TCM) / abbr. for economics 經濟|经济[jing1 ji4] syn 神圣 神聖 shén shèng divine / hallow / holy / sacred syn 圣地 聖地 shèng dì holy land (of a religion) / sacred place / shrine / holy city (such as Jerusalem, Mecca etc) / center of historic interest 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 圣火 聖火 shèng huǒ sacred fire / (esp.) the Olympic flame 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 菩提树 菩提樹 pú tí shù peepul (Ficus religiosa) / bodhi tree / sacred fig syn 嵩山 sōng shān Mt Song in Henan, central mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] 华山 華山 huà shān Mt Hua in Shaanxi, western mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] 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 五岳 五嶽 wǔ yuè Five Sacred Mountains of the Daoists, namely: Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1] in Shandong, Mt Hua 華山|华山[Hua4 Shan1] in Shaanxi, Mt Heng 衡山[Heng2 Shan1] in Hunan, Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, Mt Song 嵩山[Song1 Shan1] in Henan 老子 lǎo zǐ Laozi or Lao-tze (c. 500 BC), Chinese philosopher, the founder of Taoism / the sacred book of Daoism, 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1] by Laozi syn 峨眉山 é méi shān Mount Emei in Sichuan, one of the four sacred mountains of Chinese Buddhism 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 道德经 道德經 dào dé jīng the Book of Dao by Laozi or Lao-Tze, the sacred text of Daoism 东岳 東嶽 dōng yuè Mt Tai 泰山 in Shandong, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] 湖光山色 hú guāng shān sè scenic lakes and mountain (idiom) / beautiful lake and mountain landscape 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 普陀山 pǔ tuó shān Mt Potala at Zhoushan 舟山市 in Zhejiang, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Guanyin 觀音|观音 (Avalokiteśvara) 山岳 山嶽 shān yuè mountain / hill / lofty mountain syn 神圣不可侵犯 神聖不可侵犯 shén shèng bù kě qīn fàn sacred / inviolable 大昭寺 dà zhāo sì Jokhang, main Buddhist temple in Lhasa, a sacred place of Tibetan Buddhism 圣典 聖典 shèng diǎn sacred writing / canon 北岳 北嶽 běi yuè Mt Heng 恆山|恒山[Heng2 Shan1] in Shanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] 西岳 西嶽 xī yuè Mt Hua 華山|华山 in Shaanxi, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] 中岳 中嶽 zhōng yuè Mt Song 嵩山 in Henan, one of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wu3 yue4] 圣 聖 shèng (bound form) peerless (in wisdom, moral virtue, skill etc) / (bound form) peerless individual / paragon (sage, saint, emperor, master of a skill etc) / (bound form) holy / sacred 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 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 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 山歌 shān gē folk song / mountain song 北山 běi shān northern mountain / refers to Mt Mang 邙山 at Luoyang in Henan 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 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] 山涧 山澗 shān jiàn mountain stream syn 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 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 主峰 zhǔ fēng main peak (of a mountain range) syn 断背山 斷背山 duàn bèi shān Brokeback Mountain, 2005 English-language film by Ang Lee 李安[Li3 An1] 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 武当山 武當山 wǔ dāng shān Wudang Mountain range in northwest Hubei 仙山 xiān shān mountain of Immortals 山神 shān shén mountain god 茅山 máo shān Mt Mao, Daoist mountain southeast of Jurong county 句容[Ju4 rong2], Jiangsu Province 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 阿里山 ā lǐ shān Alishan mountain range in the central-southern region of Taiwan 