山冈
shān gāng
Pinyin

Definition

山冈
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shān gāng
  1. mound
  2. small hill

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
rén shān rén hǎi
  1. 1 multitude
  2. 2 vast crowd
Fó shān
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong
bīng shān
  1. 1 iceberg
  2. 2 CL:座[zuò]
Táng shān
  1. 1 Tangshan prefecture level city in Hebei
Shān
  1. 1 surname Shan
shān zhài
  1. 1 fortified hill village
  2. 2 mountain stronghold (esp. of bandits)
  3. 3 (fig.) knockoff (goods)
  4. 4 counterfeit
  5. 5 imitation
Shān dōng
  1. 1 Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Jǐ nán]
shān dǐng
  1. 1 hilltop
Jiāng shān
  1. 1 Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qú zhōu], Zhejiang
Zhào Běn shān
  1. 1 Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
shàng shān
  1. 1 to go uphill
  2. 2 to spin cocoon (silkworms)
  3. 3 to pass away
xià shān
  1. 1 (of the sun) to set
Zhōng shān shì
  1. 1 Zhongshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng] in south China, close to Dr Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
Dān xiá Shān
  1. 1 Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Sháo guān], Guangdong
Jiǔ huá shān
  1. 1 Mt Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Kṣitigarbha 地藏
Rǔ shān
  1. 1 Rushan county level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong
Wǔ zhǐ shān
  1. 1 Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan
  2. 2 Wuzhishan City, Hainan
Wǔ tái Shān
  1. 1 Mt Wutai in Shanxi 山西[Shān xī], one of the Four Sacred Mountains and home of the Bodhimanda of Manjushri 文殊[Wén shū]
Jǐng gāng Shān
  1. 1 Jinggang Mountains, in the Jiangxi-Hunan border region

Idioms (20)

一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
不识泰山
bù shí Tài Shān
  1. 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. 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. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
名落孙山
míng luò Sūn Shān
  1. 1 lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sūn Shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail an exam
  3. 3 to fall behind (in a competition)
地动山摇
dì dòng shān yáo
  1. 1 the earth quaked, the mountains shook (idiom); a tremendous battle
坐吃山空
zuò chī shān kōng
  1. 1 lit. just sitting and eating, one can deplete even a mountain of wealth (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to spend one's money without generating any income
坐山观虎斗
zuò shān guān hǔ dòu
  1. 1 sit on the mountain and watch the tigers fight
  2. 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. 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. 1 to pile up like a mountain (idiom)
  2. 2 a mountain of (paperwork etc)
  3. 3 a large number of sth
寿比南山
shòu bǐ Nán Shān
  1. 1 Live as long as the Zhongnan Mountains! (idiom)
  2. 2 Long may you live!
小山包包
xiǎo shān bāo bao
  1. 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. 1 (idiom) however good sth is, there is always sth better
  2. 2 in the wider world there are people more talented than oneself
山峦重叠
shān luán chóng dié
  1. 1 overlapping ranges of high mountains (idiom)
山明水秀
shān míng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
山清水秀
shān qīng shuǐ xiù
  1. 1 lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. enchanting scenery
山珍海错
shān zhēn hǎi cuò
  1. 1 rarities from the mountain and the sea (idiom); fig. a sumptuous spread of food delicacies
山盟海誓
shān méng hǎi shì
  1. 1 to pledge undying love (idiom); oath of eternal love
  2. 2 to swear by all the Gods

Sample Sentences

哪里!我家小店虽然其貌不扬,但这酒可是鼎鼎有名啊!但凡是喝了三碗的人,没有不醉的,因而也过不了前面的山冈。所以小店得名:“三碗不过冈”。
nǎli !wǒ jiā xiǎodiàn suīrán qímàobùyáng ,dàn zhè jiǔ kěshì dǐngdǐngyǒumíng a !dànfán shì hē le sān wǎn de rén ,méiyǒu bù zuì de ,yīnér yě guòbuliǎo qiánmian de shāngāng 。suǒyǐ xiǎodiàn démíng :“sān wǎn bù guò gāng ”。
Not at all! Although my little place doesn't look like much, this wine is extremely well known! But there's no one who's not drunk after three bowls. Because of that, they can't get past the mountain ridge up ahead. So my little inn is called ``After Three Bowls, You Can't Cross the Ridge!"