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山

mountain

[s]

Composition

Components

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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