一
览
众
山
小

Word Definition - 一览众山小

yī lǎn zhòng shān xiǎo (last line of the poem 望岳 by Tang poet Du Fu 杜甫[dù fǔ]) with one look I shall see all the smaller mountains down below (from the summit of Mt Tai 泰山[tài shān]); (fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place

Individual Character Details

一 yī
览 lǎn
众 zhòng, zhòng, zhòng
山 shān, shān
小 xiǎo