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The character "岳" structurally combines "丘" meaning hill and "山" meaning mountain to conceptually represent a lofty peak, with its usage historically aligned as a variant of the more intricate form "嶽" for denoting great mountains. Over time, it became specifically associated with culturally sacred mountains, such as the revered Five Great Mountains in China, while also developing a metaphorical extension into social kinship, where it adopted the meaning of "wife's parents" in terms like "岳父", thereby shifting from a purely topographical term to one carrying familial respect and symbolic stature.
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我去过岳麓山。
岳飞是民族英雄。
岳先生是我的老师。
我岳父喜欢爬山。
山岳地区气候凉爽。
五岳之中，泰山最著名。
参观岳飞庙时，我学到了很多历史。
尽管岳母起初不同意，但最终她支持了我们的决定。