山頹木壞 shān tuí mù huài

DEFINITIONS

  1. lit. the mountains crumble and the trees lie ruined
  2. a great sage has died (idiom)

CHARACTERS

山 shān
HSK 3
mountain, hill, peak
頹 tuí ruined, decayed; disintegrate
木 mù
HSK 5
tree; wood, lumber; wooden
壞 huài bad, spoil(ed), ruin, destroy