世界屋脊 shì jiè wū jǐ

DEFINITIONS

  1. the roof of the world
  2. usually refers to Tibet or Qinghai-Tibetan Plateau 青藏高原[Qing1 Zang4 gao1 yuan2]

CHARACTERS

世 shì generation; world; era
界 jiè boundary, limit; domain; society; the world
屋 wū house; room; building, shelter
脊 jǐ spine, backbone; ridge