下雪 xià xuě to snow syn 冰雪 bīng xuě ice and snow syn 高山 gāo shān high mountain / alpine mountain syn 雪梨 xuě lí snow pear (pyrus nivalis) 大雪 dà xuě Daxue or Great Snow, 21st of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 7th-21st December 斯诺 斯諾 sī nuò Snow (name) / Edgar Snow (1905-1972), American journalist, reported from China 1928-1941, author of Red Star Over China 小雪 xiǎo xuě Xiaoxue or Lesser Snow, 20th of the 24 solar terms 二十四節氣|二十四节气 22nd November-6th December 天花 tiān huā smallpox / ceiling / stamen of corn / (old) snow / (dialect) sesame oil 山林 shān lín wooded mountain / mountain forest syn 雪白 xuě bái snow white syn 积雪 積雪 jī xuě snow / snow cover / snow mantle 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 冰天雪地 bīng tiān xuě dì a world of ice and snow syn 降水 jiàng shuǐ rain and snow / precipitation (meteorology) syn 降雪 jiàng xuě to snow / snowfall syn 五指山 wǔ zhǐ shān Wuzhi Mountain (1,840 m), highest mountain in Hainan / Wuzhishan City, Hainan 雪亮 xuě liàng lit. bright as snow / shiny / dazzling / sharp (of eyes) syn 火焰山 huǒ yàn shān Mountain of Flames of legend / fig. insurmountable obstacle / Mountain of Flames in Turpan depression in Xinjiang 皑皑 皚皚 ái ái (literary) white as snow / pure white syn 雪豹 xuě bào snow leopard 蒙蒙 méng méng drizzle (of rain or snow) syn 踏雪 tà xuě to go for a walk in the snow 白茫茫 bái máng máng (of mist, snow, floodwater etc) a vast expanse of whiteness syn 雨夹雪 雨夾雪 yǔ jiā xuě sleet / mixture of snow and rain 飞雪 飛雪 fēi xuě Flying Snow, a character in "Hero" syn 雪莲 雪蓮 xuě lián snow lotus herb / Saussurea involucrata 山势 山勢 shān shì topography of a mountain / features of a mountain 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 瑞雪 ruì xuě timely snow 霜雪 shuāng xuě frost and snow / (fig.) snowy white (hair) / adversity 融雪 róng xuě melting snow / a thaw 雪线 雪線 xuě xiàn snow line 荷兰豆 荷蘭豆 hé lán dòu snow pea 雨 yù (literary) to rain / (of rain, snow etc) to fall / to precipitate / to wet syn 雪 xuě snow / CL:場|场[chang2] / (literary) to wipe away (a humiliation etc) syn 峰 fēng (of a mountain) high and tapered peak or summit / mountain-like in appearance / highest level / classifier for camels syn 白雪公主 bái xuě gōng zhǔ Snow White 岭 嶺 lǐng mountain range / mountain ridge syn 岳 嶽 yuè high mountain / highest peak of a mountain ridge syn 白雪 bái xuě snow 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 防滑链 防滑鏈 fáng huá liàn snow chain (for a vehicle tire) 霰 xiàn graupel / snow pellet / soft hail syn 白木耳 bái mù ěr white fungus (Tremella fuciformis) / snow fungus syn 皓白 hào bái snow-white / spotless 皑 皚 ái (literary) white as snow 霏 fēi fall of snow 崮 gù steep-sided flat-topped mountain / mesa / (element in mountain names) 雱 páng heavy fall of rain or snow 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 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 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] 