Mount Emei

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Etymology

Partial calque from Mandarin 峨眉山 (Éméi Shān).

Proper noun

Mount Emei

  1. 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, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 26 May 2015, Arts‎:
      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.
    • 1993, Roger Phillips, Martyn Rix, The Quest for the Rose‎, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 52:
      The journey from Chengdu to Mount Emei takes five hours but with quite long stops on the way.
    • 2001, Peter Hessler, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze‎, 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)‎, archived from the original on 10 September 2022‎:
      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.
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