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1
山
mountain
Composition
Components
山
mountain
Sounds
sh-
Shrek
-an
pawn shop
1
outside the entrance
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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Found In Words
shānkǒu
山口
mountain pass
shàngshān
上山
to climb a mountain
páshān
爬山
hike
shānjiǎo
山腳
foot of the mountain
shānyáng
山羊
goat
shānyāo
山腰
mountainside
yùshān
玉山
Jade Mountain
shānqū
山區
mountain region
xiàshān
下山
to descend a mountain
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