kāi
shān

common
verb

Meaning of 开山

开山 means to cut into a mountain; to blast open mountains (for quarrying, road construction, etc.); to open a closed mountain (for grazing, logging, etc. during a specific season). Pronounced kāi shān.

  • to cut into a mountain; to blast open mountains (for quarrying, road construction, etc.)
  • to open a closed mountain (for grazing, logging, etc. during a specific season)
  • (Buddhism) to found a monastery on a famous mountain; to be the first to establish a temple on a mountain

Definitions & Examples

men
kāi
shān
lǐng
 
xiū
tōng
le
zhè
tiáo
gōng
 

They cut through mountains and ridges to build this highway.

Zhè
zhèng
zài
kāi
shān
cǎi
shí
 
shēng
yīn
hěn
chǎo
 

They are blasting the mountain to quarry stone here, and it is very noisy.

Kāi
shān
gōng
chéng
yào
liàng
zhà
yào
zhuān
shè
bèi
 

Mountain-cutting projects require large amounts of explosives and professional equipment.