三山

三山

1. (Chinese mythology) The Three Sacred Mountains

   Hyponyms: 蓬莱 (Pénglái), 瀛洲 (Yíngzhōu), 方丈 (Fāngzhàng)

   • 黃塵清水三山下，更變千年如走馬。 [Literary Chinese, trad.]
     黄尘清水三山下，更变千年如走马。 [Literary Chinese, simp.]

     From: circa early 800s, Li He (李賀),《夢天》, translated by J. D. Frodsham, 1970.

     Huángchénqīngshuǐ sānshān xià, gēngbiàn qiānnián rú zǒumǎ. [Pinyin]

     Now yellow dust, now clear water, below the Three Hills.
     Sudden the changes of a thousand years as a galloping horse.

2. The Three Mountains (refers to various places and deities)
3. (informal) Alternative name for 福州 (Fúzhōu), Fuzhou (a city in Fujian, China)
4. (～區) Sanshan (a district of Wuhu, Anhui, China)
5. (～島) Sanshan (an island group in Lake Tai administered as part of Wuxi, Jiangsu, China)

Orthographic borrowing from Japanese 三山 (Miyama).

三山

1. (～市) Miyama (a city in Fukuoka Prefecture, Japan)