tóngshān

童山

Word · Noun

bare mountain; treeless hill

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Meanings

1 sense · 4 examples
1.

noun

bare mountain; treeless hill; bald hill

Literally 'child mountain', alluding to a mountain being 'bald' like a baby's head. Often appears in the set phrase 童山濯濯 (completely bare).

Tóng童
shān山
tū秃
lǐng岭

bare hills and bald ridges

Zhè这
piàn片
tóng童
shān山
jí急
xū需
lǜ绿
huà化
 。

This bare mountain urgently needs afforestation.

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Jīng经
guò过
jǐ几
shí十
nián年
de的
zhí植
shù树
zào造
lín林
 ,
tóng童
shān山
biàn变
chéng成
le了
qīng青
shān山
 。

After decades of afforestation, the bare mountains have turned into green hills.

Tóng童
shān山
zhuó濯
zhuó濯

completely bare (of mountains); bald