九华山 - Mt Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Kṣitigarbha 地藏 - Jiǔ huá shān | Definition

一山不容二虎

yī shān bù róng èr hǔ

1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

一言九鼎

yī yán jiǔ dǐng

1 one word worth nine sacred tripods (idiom); words of enormous weight

三旬九食

sān xún jiǔ shí

1 lit. to have only nine meals in thirty days (idiom)
2 fig. (of a family) on the brink of starvation
3 in dire straits

不识泰山

bù shí Tài Shān

1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person

不显山不露水

bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ

1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts

九天揽月

jiǔ tiān lǎn yuè

1 to reach for the stars (idiom)

九死一生

jiǔ sǐ yī shēng

1 nine deaths and still alive (idiom); a narrow escape
2 new lease of life

九牛一毛

jiǔ niú yī máo

1 lit. one hair from nine oxen (idiom)
2 fig. a drop in the ocean

九牛二虎之力

jiǔ niú èr hǔ zhī lì

1 tremendous strength (idiom)

九霄云外

jiǔ xiāo yún wài

1 beyond the topmost clouds (idiom)
2 unimaginably far away

他山之石可以攻玉

tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù

1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively

兵败如山倒

bīng bài rú shān dǎo

1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse

刀山火海

dāo shān huǒ hǎi

1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)

名落孙山

míng luò Sūn Shān

1 lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sūn Shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
2 fig. to fail an exam
3 to fall behind (in a competition)

地动山摇

dì dòng shān yáo

1 the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle

坐吃山空

zuò chī shān kōng

1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income

坐山观虎斗

zuò shān guān hǔ dòu

1 sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
2 watch in safety whilst others fight then reap the rewards when both sides are exhausted (idiom)

执法如山

zhí fǎ rú shān

1 to maintain the law as firm as a mountain (idiom); to enforce the law strictly

堆积如山

duī jī rú shān

1 to pile up like a mountain (idiom)
2 a mountain of (paperwork etc)
3 a large number of sth

寿比南山

shòu bǐ Nán Shān

1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
2 Long may you live!

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