一览众山小 yī lǎn zhòng shān xiǎo

DEFINITIONS

  1. (last line of the poem 望岳 by Tang poet Du Fu 杜甫[Du4 Fu3]) with one look I shall see all the smaller mountains down below (from the summit of Mt Tai 泰山[Tai4 Shan1])
  2. (fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place

CHARACTERS

一 yī
HSK 1
one; a, an; alone
览 lǎn
HSK 5
look at, inspect; perceive
众 zhòng
HSK 4
multitude, crowd; masses, public
山 shān
HSK 3
mountain, hill, peak
小 xiǎo
HSK 1
small, tiny, insignificant