庐山

廬山
Lúshān
proper noun #31,997

Meanings

  1. 1 Mount Lu (in Jiangxi, famous scenic and literary mountain)

Examples

Bùshílúshānzhēnmiànmù, zhǐyuánshēnzàicǐshānzhōng.
I cannot know Mount Lu's true face — it's only because I'm standing on the mountain itself.
Lúshān de yún wù fēicháng yǒumíng.
Mount Lu's mist is very famous.

Tips

culture
A UNESCO World Heritage site near Jiujiang in Jiangxi. Su Shi's couplet 庐山真面目 ('one cannot see Mount Lu's true face because one is standing on it') has become the standard Chinese idiom for the impossibility of gaining perspective from inside a situation.

Stroke Order

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