舟山 - Zhoushan prefecture level city in Zhejiang (consisting solely of islands)/formerly Dinghai 定海 - Zhōu 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

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

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)

刻舟求剑

kè zhōu qiú jiàn

1 lit. a notch on the side of a boat to locate a sword dropped overboard (idiom); fig. an action made pointless by changed circumstances

同舟共济

tóng zhōu gòng jì

1 cross a river in the same boat (idiom); fig. having common interests
2 obliged to collaborate towards common goals

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)

吴越同舟

Wú Yuè tóng zhōu

1 Wu and Yue in the same boat (idiom); fig. cooperation between natural rivals
2 to collaborate towards a common end
3 in the same boat together

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!

学海泛舟

xué hǎi fàn zhōu

1 sailing on the sea of learning (idiom)

小山包包

xiǎo shān bāo bao

1 a landscape dotted with low hills and hillocks (idiom)

山外有山，天外有天

shān wài yǒu shān , tiān wài yǒu tiān

1 (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better
2 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself

山峦重叠

shān luán chóng dié

1 overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)

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