山洞
shān dòng
Pinyin

Definition

山洞
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shān dòng
  1. cavern
  2. cave

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
dòng
  1. 1 cave
  2. 2 hole
  3. 3 zero (unambiguous spoken form when spelling out numbers)
  4. 4 CL:個|个[gè]
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]

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)
小洞不堵,大洞受苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng shòu kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不堵,大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng chī kǔ
  1. 1 a small hole not plugged will give you grief when it gets bigger (idiom)
  2. 2 a stitch in time saves nine
小洞不堵,大洞难补
xiǎo dòng bù dǔ , dà dòng nán bǔ
  1. 1 If you don't plug the small hole, the big hole will be hard to repair (idiom); A stitch in time saves nine.
小洞不补大洞吃苦
xiǎo dòng bù bǔ dà dòng chī kǔ
  1. 1 A small hole not plugged will make you suffer a big hole (idiom); a stitch in time saves nine
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)

Sample Sentences

巨人很不服气,但他假装很友好地说:“你真厉害,今晚就住在我的山洞里吧。”
jùrén hěn bùfúqì ,dàn tā jiǎzhuāng hěn yǒuhǎo de shuō :“nǐ zhēn lìhai ,jīnwǎn jiù zhùzài wǒ de shāndòng lǐ ba 。”
The giant is not pleased in his defeat, but pretending to be friendly he says, “You are really amazing. Tonight why don't you stay in my cave?”
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小裁缝跟着他去了山洞。洞里住着很多巨人。睡觉的时候,小裁缝没有睡在床上,而是偷偷地爬到了角落里。半夜,巨人以为小裁缝睡着了,就拿起一把斧头,往床上砍了几下,他还以为把小裁缝砍死了。
xiǎo cáifeng gēn zhe tā qù le shāndòng 。dòng lǐ zhùzhe hěn duō jùrén 。shuìjiào de shíhou ,xiǎo cáifeng méiyǒu shuì zài chuáng shàng ,érshì tōutōu de pádào le jiǎoluò lǐ 。bànyè ,jùrén yǐwéi xiǎo cáifeng shuìzháo le ,jiù náqǐ yī bǎ fǔtóu ,wǎng chuáng shàng kǎn le jǐ xià ,tā hái yǐwéi bǎ xiǎo cáifeng kǎn sǐ le 。
The little tailor follows him to his cave. Inside the cave live many giants. When sleeping, the little tailor doesn't sleep in his bed, rather, he secretly crawls into a corner. At midnight, the giant thinks that the little tailor is asleep, picks up an ax and swings it at the bed several times, believing that he's killed the little tailor.
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山洞很深。
shāndòng hěn shēn 。
The cave is very deep.
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