Mountains and seas

Mountains and seas

Piling up mountains and seas, a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Du ī sh ā NJ ī h ǎ I, which means piling up like mountains and seas, originally used to describe the possession of a lot of wealth, but also refers to a lot of things. From a dream of Red Mansions.

The origin of Idioms

Chapter 16 of a dream of Red Mansions by Cao Xueqin in the Qing Dynasty: "don't say that silver has become loess. There is nothing in the world but mountains and seas."

Idiom usage

If you do that, the mirror will have to be piled up! (Kang Zhuo's spring planting and autumn harvest: three mirrors)

Analysis of Idioms

[synonym]: pile up like a mountain [antonym]: few