guān
shān

literary
common

Meaning of 关山

关山 means mountain passes and peaks; strategic passes and mountains; a distant, difficult, and perilous journey; a long road home. Pronounced guān shān.

  • mountain passes and peaks; strategic passes and mountains
  • a distant, difficult, and perilous journey; a long road home
  • the frontier; border regions; the far-flung reaches of the empire

Definitions & Examples

dài
de
chóu
zhī
yào
chuān穿
yuè
shù
guān
shān
 

The ancient Silk Road had to traverse countless mountain passes and peaks.

Qín
dài
xiū
jiàn
cháng
chéng
shǒu
guān
shān
 

The Qin dynasty built the Great Wall to defend the strategic passes and mountains.