Mount Emei
English
Etymology
Partial calque from Mandarin 峨眉山 (Éméi Shān).
Pronunciation
- enPR: ŭ′mā′[1]
- Hyphenation: E‧mei
Proper noun
Mount Emei
- A mountain in Emeishan, Leshan, Sichuan, China.
- 1992 May 15, Holland Cotter, “Review/Art; Restating and Adapting Images of China's Past”, in The New York Times[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, Arts[2]:
- 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 Mount Emei, a Buddhist pilgrimage site that Chang visited many times.
- 2001, Peter Hessler, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze[4], London: John Murray, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 202:
- “Also, that American on Mount Emei was very white,” he said. “His skin was so white and bad-looking! But you're actually a little yellow—you look more Chinese. Your skin is much better than his!”
- 2007 July 13, “China farmers protest toxic gas leak-report”, in Reuters (Latest Crisis)[5], archived from the original on 10 September 2022[6]:
- Farmers near Mount Emei in Sichuan province blocked a highway to protest against an aluminium company they said was responsible for the leak that contaminated grapes and other crops, the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said in a fax.
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:Mount Emei.
Translations
mountain
References
- ^ Seltzer, Leon E., editor (1952), “Omei”, in The Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer of the World, Morningside Heights, NY: Columbia University Press, →OCLC, page 1380, column 2: “Omei (ō′mā′, ŭ′mā′), […] It lies at NE foot of the Omei Shan (shän′) (9,957 ft.), a sacred mtn. […]”