| 半壁江山 |
bàn bì jiāng shān |
half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory |
| 半 |
bàn |
half / semi- / incomplete / (after a number) and a half |
| 壁 |
bì |
wall / rampart |
| 江 |
Jiāng |
surname Jiang / (bound form) Yangtze River / (bound form) Jiangsu Province (abbr. for 江苏) |
| 江 |
jiāng |
river / CL:条,道 |
| 江山 |
Jiāng shān |
see 江山市 |
| 江山 |
jiāng shān |
rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power |
| 山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
| 山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |