山腰

shānyāo

noun #46,187

Meanings

HSK 4

从山腰往下看，整个村子都在眼前。

Cóng shānyāo wǎng xià kàn, zhěnggè cūnzi dōu zài yǎnqián.

Looking down from halfway up the mountain, the whole village lies before your eyes.

HSK 7-9

山腰上有一座小庙。

Shānyāo shàng yǒu yí zuò xiǎo miào.

There is a small temple halfway up the mountain.

memory

Chinese maps the body onto a mountain: 山脚 is its foot, 山腰 its waist and 山顶 its top. In speech it is often 半山腰.

山 shān

腰 yāo