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Mount Emei

Syllables: E·mei

Mount Emei proper noun: a mountain in Emeishan, Leshan, Sichuan, China.

Proper noun

Mount Emei

  1. A mountain in Emeishan, Leshan, Sichuan, China.
    • As his most significant contribution to the vast body of art he emulated, Chang effected a synthesis of two historical modes, the austere tonal ink style of the scholar-artist painter and the brightly colored, vibrantly detailed style of the court artist. The two are joined in his depiction of...1992 May 15, Holland Cotter, “Review/Art; Restating and Adapting Images of China's Past”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, Arts
    • The journey from Chengdu to Mount Emei takes five hours but with quite long stops on the way.1993, Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix, The Quest for the Rose, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 52

Examples of Mount Emei in a sentence

  • The two are joined in his depiction of Mount Emei, a Buddhist pilgrimage site that Chang visited many times.1992 May 15, Holland Cotter, “Review/Art; Restating and Adapting Images of China's Past”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived...
  • “Also, that American on Mount Emei was very white,” he said.2001, Peter Hessler, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze, London: John Murray, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 202:

Forms of Mount Emei

alternative formMount Omei

Origin of Mount Emei

Partial calque from Mandarin 峨眉山 (Éméi Shān).

Questions about Mount Emei

What does Mount Emei mean?
Mount Emei means a mountain in Emeishan, Leshan, Sichuan, China.
How do you use Mount Emei in a sentence?
The two are joined in his depiction of Mount Emei, a Buddhist pilgrimage site that Chang visited many times.
What part of speech is Mount Emei?
Mount Emei is a proper noun.

Words near Mount Emei in the dictionary

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  4. Mount Eliza
  5. Mount Elliot
  6. Mount Emei
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  9. Mount Etna
  10. Mount Evelyn
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