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一览众山小

yī lǎn zhòng shān xiǎo

5-character word Traditional 一覽眾山小

What 一览众山小 means

1. (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})
2. (fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place

The characters in 一览众山小

• 一yīone; single; a (article)
• 览lǎnto look at; to view; to read
• 众zhòng(bound form) crowd; multitude; (bound form) many; numerous
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 小xiǎosmall; tiny; few