一览众山小

yī lǎn zhòng shān xiǎo

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Definitions

  1. 1. (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])
  2. 2. (fig.) awe-inspiring view from a very high place