银山

銀山

yínshān

noun #55,976

Meanings

1 silver mountain
2 heaps of silver; vast wealth (figurative)

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Examples

绿水青山就是金山银山。

Lǜshuǐ qīngshān jiùshì jīnshān yínshān.

Clear waters and green mountains are mountains of gold and silver.

坐拥银山也经不起这样挥霍。

Zuòyōng yínshān yě jīngbuqǐ zhèyàng huīhuò.

Even sitting on a silver mountain, you can't sustain such spending.

Tips

culture

Almost always appears in the pair 金山银山 'mountains of gold and silver.' The phrase 绿水青山就是金山银山 ('lucid waters and lush mountains are gold and silver mountains') is a Xi Jinping environmental slogan from 2005, now ubiquitous in Chinese eco-policy speech.

Stroke Order

银 yín

山 shān