Chinese Idioms Containing “

15 idioms featuring this character

1

开门见山

kāi mén jiàn shān

Get straight to point

Literal: Open door see mountain

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2

高山流水

gāo shān liú shuǐ

Perfect artistic understanding between friends

Literal: High mountain flowing water

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3

愚公移山

yú gōng yí shān

Persistence overcomes huge obstacles

Literal: Foolish old man moves mountains

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4

人山人海

rén shān rén hǎi

Vast crowds of people

Literal: People mountain people sea

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5

安如泰山

ān rú tài shān

Absolutely stable and unshakable

Literal: Stable like Mount Tai

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6

东山再起

dōng shān zài qǐ

Make a comeback after setback or retirement

Literal: East mountain again rise

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7

铁证如山

tiě zhèng rú shān

Irrefutable evidence; conclusive proof

Literal: Iron evidence like a mountain

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8

泰山压顶

tài shān yā dǐng

Overwhelming pressure; imminent disaster

Literal: Mount Tai pressing on the head

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9

跋山涉水

bá shān shè shuǐ

Travel through hardship; overcome obstacles

Literal: Climb mountains, ford waters

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10

翻山越岭

fān shān yuè lǐng

Cross difficult terrain; overcome major obstacles

Literal: Cross mountains, pass ridges

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11

调虎离山

diào hǔ lí shān

Divert and conquer

Literal: Lure tiger from mountain

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12

千山万水

qiān shān wàn shuǐ

Overcome great obstacles

Literal: Thousand mountains, ten thousand rivers

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13

半壁江山

bàn bì jiāng shān

Partial loss or retention

Literal: Half the rivers and mountains

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14

逼上梁山

bī shàng liáng shān

Compelled to rebel

Literal: Forced onto Liangshan Mountain

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15

放虎归山

fàng hǔ guī shān

Empower a threat

Literal: Release a tiger back to the mountain

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