山阴

山陰
Shānyīn
proper noun

Meanings

  1. 1 Shanyin, old county at present-day Shaoxing in Zhejiang
  2. 2 Shanyin, county in northern Shanxi, under Shuozhou
  3. 3 the north side of a mountain

Examples

HSK 4
Shānyīn jiùshì jīntiān de Zhèjiāng Shàoxīng.
Shanyin is today's Shaoxing in Zhejiang.
HSK 7-9
Dōngjìn shí, Wáng Xīzhī zài Shānyīn xiěxià le 《 Lántíngjí xù 》.
In the Eastern Jin, Wang Xizhi wrote the Preface to the Orchid Pavilion Poems at Shanyin.

Tips

culture
In 《世说新语》 the calligrapher Wang Xianzhi says that walking the road at Shanyin (山阴道上), the hills and streams come at you faster than you can take them in. The line gave Chinese the idiom 应接不暇.
memory
阴 is the shady north side of a mountain, as 阳 is the sunny south side: the old county lay north of Mount Kuaiji (会稽山).

Stroke Order

山 shān
阴 yīn