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Drawn as an ideogram, 岳 (also the simplified form of 嶽) stacks 丘 (qiū, hill or mound) above 山 (shān, mountain), creating the image of a massive peak surrounded by hills. This transparently conveys its original meaning: a lofty mountain, especially one of China's sacred mountains. In time, the character acquired an entirely separate and common secondary meaning, a wife's parents, as in words for father-in-law and mother-in-law. Today, both the topographical and kinship senses are actively used.
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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。
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