一覽眾山小

jat1 laam5 zung3 saan1 siu2

(last line of the poem 望岳 by Tang poet Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3]{dou6 fu2}) with one look I shall see all the smaller mountains down below (from the summit of Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1]{taai3 saan1}) · (fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place

2 Written Forms

Meanings

  1. (last line of the poem 望岳 by Tang poet Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3]{dou6 fu2}) with one look I shall see all the smaller mountains down below (from the summit of Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1]{taai3 saan1})
  2. (fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place

Written Forms

一覽眾山小Traditional · Main Form
一览众山小Alternate Form

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