泰山北斗 tài shān běi dǒu

DEFINITIONS

  1. as weighty as Mt Tai, as brilliant as the Big Dipper (idiom); a giant among men

CHARACTERS

泰 tài great, exalted, superior; big
山 shān mountain, hill, peak
北 běi north; northern; northward
斗 dǒu Chinese peck; liquid measure