华山

華山

Huàshān

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Meanings

1 Mount Hua (in Shaanxi, western peak of the Five Sacred Mountains)

Characters

(name) Hua/splendid

Examples

华山是五岳之一，位于陕西省。

Huàshān shì Wǔyuè zhī yī, wèiyú Shǎnxī Shěng.

Mount Hua is one of the Five Sacred Mountains, located in Shaanxi Province.

华山的山路非常陡，被称为天下第一险。

Huàshān de shānlù fēicháng dǒu, bèi chēngwéi tiānxià dì yī xiǎn.

The paths up Mount Hua are extremely steep; it's called the most perilous mountain under heaven.

Tips

culture

The western peak of the 五岳 (Five Sacred Mountains of Daoism), long associated with Daoist practice and with martial-arts legend — Jin Yong set the Huashan Sword Tournament (华山论剑) here in his wuxia novels, and the phrase 华山论剑 has since come to mean 'a gathering of top experts'.

Stroke Order

华 huá

山 shān