Mount Emei

Partial calque of Mandarin 峨眉山 (Éméi Shān).

Mount Emei

1. a mountain in Sichuan, China
   • 1993, Phillips, Roger; Martyn Rix, The Quest for the Rose‎, New York: Random House, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 52:

     The journey from Chengdu to Mount Emei takes five hours but with quite long stops on the way.

   • 2001, Hessler, Peter, River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze‎, London: John Murray, →ISBN, →OCLC, →OL, page 202:

     “Also, that American on Mount Emei was very white,” he said. “His skin was so white and bad-looking! But you're actually a little yellow—you look more Chinese. Your skin is much better than his!”

   • 2007 July 13, “China farmers protest toxic gas leak-report”, in Reuters (Latest Crisis)‎, archived from the original on 10 September 2022‎:

     Farmers near Mount Emei in Sichuan province blocked a highway to protest against an aluminium company they said was responsible for the leak that contaminated grapes and other crops, the Hong Kong-based Information Center for Human Rights and Democracy said in a fax.

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