乌蒙山

烏蒙山
Wūméngshān
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Wumeng Mountains, range on the Yunnan-Guizhou border around Zhaotong

Examples

HSK 7-9
Wūméngshān zài Yúnnán hé Guìzhōu jiāojiè de dìfang.
The Wumeng Mountains lie where Yunnan and Guizhou meet.
HSK 7-9
Máo Zédōng zài 《 Qīlǜ · Chángzhēng 》 lǐ xiě guo Wūméngshān.
Mao Zedong wrote about the Wumeng Mountains in his poem The Long March.

Tips

usage
The short form 乌蒙 is the one in Mao's line 乌蒙磅礴走泥丸 'the towering Wumeng roll by like pellets of mud', making light of the vast range the marchers crossed. The name goes back to Wumeng, an old chiefdom of the Yi people in the area.

Stroke Order

乌 wū
蒙 méng
山 shān