Definition & Meaning

1.leave a hilly region; leave the mountains

2.leave retirement and take a government post; become an official; enter politics as a government official; take up a post or task

Word usage

chū shān

出 山

Level:

NHSK 789－1 SW HSK 3

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1
v.leave a hilly region; leave the mountains
- nà zhǐ lǎo hǔ pǎo chū shān le
  那只老虎跑出山了。
  That tiger left the mountains.
2
v.leave retirement and take a government post; become an official; enter politics as a government official; take up a post or task
- tā tuì xiū zhī hòu yòu bèi lì quàn chū shān bāng zhù bīn lín pò chǎn de gōng sī
  她退休之后又被力劝出山帮助濒临破产的公司。
  She was coaxed out of retirement to help the failing company.

Word usage

Separable word
"出" and "山" can be combined as one word, or be used separately with other elements inserted.
- 我们想请他出一次山。
  We want to invite him to come back and take up the post.
- 无论谁来邀请，他都没有出过山。
  He didn't take up any posts, no matter who came to invite him.
- 他是去年出的山，担任足球队的主教练。
  It is last year that he was appointed as head coach of the football team.

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