Definition
火焰山最初出自中国古典小说《西游记》，是唐僧师徒西天取经路上无法翻越的烈火之山。现代汉语中，这个词既指新疆吐鲁番盆地真实存在的一处炽热红色山脉，也常用来比喻极难克服的困难或障碍。作为文化专有项，直接翻译成 'Mountain of Flames' 会丢失文学典故和比喻层面，使用时需结合语境判断是实指还是修辞。
n
(place name) Mountain of Flames (a red-hot mountain range in Turpan, Xinjiang)(literary) the fiery mountain in Journey to the West that the pilgrims could not cross(figurative) an insurmountable obstacle or extremely difficult situation
Examples
- 《》，火焰山。《Xīyóu Jì》 lǐ, Sūn Wùkōng jiè le bājiāoshàn cái guò le huǒ yàn shān.In Journey to the West, Sun Wukong only got past the Mountain of Flames after borrowing the palm-leaf fan.
- ，火焰山。Duì tā lái shuō, zhè cì kǎoshì jiù xiàng huǒ yàn shān yīyàng nán guò.For him, this exam is as hard to pass as the Mountain of Flames.
- 火焰山。Tǔlǔfān de huǒ yàn shān xiàtiān wēndù gāo dá qīshí dù.The temperature at Turpan's Mountain of Flames can reach seventy degrees Celsius in summer.
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