泰山

Tàishān
noun #18,488

Meanings

  1. 1 Mount Tai (in Shandong province, one of the Five Sacred Mountains)
  2. 2 Tarzan

Examples

Tàishān shì Zhōngguó wǔyuè zhī shǒu.
Mount Tai is the foremost of China's Five Sacred Mountains.
Yǒu Tàishān yādǐng de gǎnjué.
It feels like Mount Tai is pressing down on your head.

Tips

culture
泰山 is deeply embedded in Chinese culture. The idiom 泰山 (yǒu yǎn bù shí Tàishān) means 'to fail to recognize a great person.' Emperors performed the (fēngshàn) ceremony on Mount Tai to legitimize their rule.
usage
泰山 also means 'father-in-law' (wife's father) in colloquial Chinese, from a Tang dynasty anecdote. 岳父 (yuèfù) is the standard term.

In Pop Culture

泰山 Tàishān
Tarzan
Chinese name for Tarzan — literally 'grand mountain'

Stroke Order

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shān