堆积如山

堆積如山
duījī-rúshān
idiom #27,951

Meanings

  1. 1 piled up like a mountain
  2. 2 to accumulate in huge quantities
  3. 3 mountainous pile (of work, debt, etc.)

Examples

Zhuōshàng de wénjiàn duījī-rúshān, ràng tā bùzhī cóng hé rùshǒu.
The documents on the desk were piled up like a mountain, and he didn't know where to start.
Gōngchǎng lǐ de huòwù duījī-rúshān, děngdài fāhuò.
The goods in the factory were piled up like a mountain, waiting to be shipped.

Tips

memory
堆积 = pile up, = like a mountain. Picture a desk buried under a mountain of paperwork.

Stroke Order

duī
shān