高山仰止
Chinese edit
high mountain; Takayama | look up | to stop; prohibit; till | ||
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simp. and trad. (高山仰止) |
高山 | 仰 | 止 |
Etymology edit
From the Classic of Poetry, poem 218 (《詩經·小雅·車舝》):
- 高山仰止,景行行止。 [Pre-Classical Chinese, trad. and simp.]
- From: The Classic of Poetry, c. 11th – 7th centuries BCE, translated based on James Legge's version
- Gāoshān yǎng zhǐ, jǐngxíng xíng zhǐ. [Pinyin]
- The high hill is looked up to; The great road is easy to be travelled on.
Pronunciation edit
Idiom edit
高山仰止