泰山
Tài shān
Pinyin

Definition

泰山
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Tài shān
  1. Tarzan (fictional character reared by apes in the jungle)
  2. Taishan township in New Taipei City 新北市[Xīn běi shì], Taiwan
泰山
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Tài Shān
  1. Mt Tai in Shandong, eastern mountain of the Five Sacred Mountains 五嶽|五岳[Wǔ yuè]

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

中山
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)
人山人海
rén shān rén hǎi
  1. 1 multitude
  2. 2 vast crowd
佛山
Fó shān
  1. 1 Foshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong
冰山
bīng shān
  1. 1 iceberg
  2. 2 CL:座[zuò]
唐山
Táng shān
  1. 1 Tangshan prefecture level city in Hebei
山
Shān
  1. 1 surname Shan
山寨
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
山东
Shān dōng
  1. 1 Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Jǐ nán]
山顶
shān dǐng
  1. 1 hilltop
江山
Jiāng shān
  1. 1 Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qú zhōu], Zhejiang
泰国
Tài guó
  1. 1 Thailand
  2. 2 Thai
赵本山
Zhào Běn shān
  1. 1 Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
上山
shàng shān
  1. 1 to go uphill
  2. 2 to spin cocoon (silkworms)
  3. 3 to pass away
下山
xià shān
  1. 1 (of the sun) to set
中山市
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
丹霞山
Dān xiá Shān
  1. 1 Mt Danxia in Shaoguan 韶關|韶关[Sháo guān], Guangdong
九华山
Jiǔ huá shān
  1. 1 Mt Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Kṣitigarbha 地藏
乳山
Rǔ shān
  1. 1 Rushan county level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong
五指山
Wǔ zhǐ shān
  1. 1 Wuzhi or Mount Five Finger, Hainan
  2. 2 Wuzhishan City, Hainan
五台山
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)
否极泰来
pǐ jí tài lái
  1. 1 extreme sorrow turns to joy (idiom)
国泰民安
guó tài mín ān
  1. 1 the country prospers, the people at peace (idiom); peace and prosperity
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

Sample Sentences

孺子可教也！是的，“词”本身，在我们的大脑里，只是信息模块的载体，每个词背后所提供的信息量是相当大的，而“词汇是语言的一切”这一说法，就是咱们语言学的泰山北斗乔姆斯基在八十年代提出的。
rúzǐkějiāo yě ！shì de ，“cí ”běnshēn ，zài wǒmen de dànǎo lǐ ，zhǐshì xìnxī mókuài de zàitǐ ，měige cí bèihòu suǒ tígōng de xìnxīliàng shì xiāngdāng dà de ，ér “cíhuì shì yǔyán de yīqiè ”zhè yī shuōfa ，jiùshì zánmen yǔyánxué de tàishānběidǒu Qiáomǔsījī zài bāshí niándài tíchū de 。
You're a quick learner! Yes, words themselves, in our brains, are simply carriers of modules of data. The amount of data behind each word is quite substantial, and the saying "vocabulary is everything in language", was proposed by the giant of the linguistics field, Noam Chomsky, back in the 1980s.
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责任重于泰山。
zérèn zhòng yú Tàishān 。
Responsibility is heavier than Tai Mountain.
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我们即便除掉了容娘娘，以后还会冒出无数个容娘娘来争宠。而皇后却只有一个。她虽然没能生育龙种，可地位依然稳如泰山。这说明皇上非常信任她。娘娘自己看，她是不是您最大的敌人呢？
wǒmen jíbiàn chúdiào le Róng niángniang ，yǐhòu hái huì mào chū wúshù gè Róng niángniang lái zhēngchǒng 。ér huánghòu què zhǐyǒu yāo gè 。tā suīrán méi néng shēngyù lóngzhǒng ，kě dìwèi yīrán wěnrútàishān 。zhè shuōmíng huángshang fēicháng xìnrèn tā 。niángniang zìjǐ kàn ，tā shì bù shì nín zuì dà de dírén ne ？
Even if we got rid of Lady Rong, an endless number of Lady Rongs would spring up to compete for the Emperor's favor. But there's only one Empress. Even though she's never given birth to a son, her status is as secure as Mount Tai. That means that the Emperor really trusts her. Look, my lady-- isn't she your biggest enemy?
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