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開山

简开山 · 繁開山

Mandarin · pinyin kāi shān

to cut into a mountain (to open a mine)
to open a monastery

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開: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
开: kāi · open; initiate, begin, start

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1–1 · kai1 shan1

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hoi1 saan1

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verb

to cut into a mountain (for quarrying, etc.)
to unseal a closed mountain for a period of time
(Buddhism) to build the first temple on a famous mountain

noun

(Guiyang Mandarin, Changsha Xiang) axe; hatchet

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