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一覽眾山小

简一览众山小 · 繁一覽眾山小

Mandarin · pinyin yī lǎn zhòng shān xiǎo

(last line of the poem 望岳 by Tang poet Du Fu 杜甫 Dù Fǔ) with one look I shall see all the smaller mountains down below (from the summit of Mt Tai 泰山 Tài Shān)
(fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place

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一: yī · one; a, an; alone
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山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
小: xiǎo · small, tiny, insignificant
览: lǎn · look at, inspect; perceive
众: zhòng · multitude, crowd; masses, public

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1–3–4–1–3 · yi1 lan3 zhong4 shan1 xiao3

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