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巫山

Wūshān
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Meanings

  1. 1 Mount Wu (mountain along the Yangtze River, between Chongqing and Hubei)
  2. 2 Wushan County (Chongqing)
  3. 3 (literary) the legendary mountain of romantic encounter

Examples

三峡之中以巫峡最险，巫山最高。
Sān Xiá zhī zhōng yǐ Wū Xiá zuì xiǎn, Wūshān zuì gāo.
Among the Three Gorges, Wu Gorge is the most perilous and Mount Wu is the highest.
曾经沧海难为水，除却巫山不是云。
Céngjīng cānghǎi nán wéi shuǐ, chúquè Wūshān bú shì yún.
Once you have seen the great sea, no other water is worthy; once you have known the clouds of Wushan, no other clouds will do.

Tips

history
Tang poet Yuan Zhen 元稹 made Mount Wu the ultimate metaphor for unmatchable love in his 离思 ('Parting Thoughts'), example 2 above. The deeper layer is the Warring-States 《高唐赋》 by 宋玉, where the King of Chu meets the goddess of Wushan in a dream — giving Chinese the euphemism 巫山云雨 ('Wushan clouds and rain') for sexual union.
culture
Geographically, Mount Wu cuts the Yangtze into the Three Gorges (三峡) and gives its name to Wu Gorge (巫峡) — the middle and most spectacular of the three. Wushan County belongs to Chongqing Municipality.

Stroke Order

巫 wū
山 shān