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mountain

Composition


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Sounds

Pinyin

shan1 shān

Meaning


Primary

mountain

Mnemonic


[sh-] Shrek is in [1] front of the [-an] pawn shop, where he is building a 山 mountain of mud. Why? To protest the pawn shop not letting him in (because he was muddy). Talk about making a 山 mountain out of a molehill...

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