Search the dictionary A Chinese word or character, or English Draw a character Search 6 entries. shàngshān 上山 to climb a hill shàngshānxiàxiāng 上山下乡 to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers) shàngshānxiàxiāng 上山下鄉 to work in the fields (esp. young school-leavers) gǔnshíshàngshān 滚石上山 to press ahead with a difficult undertaking through sustained effort gǔnshíshàngshān 滾石上山 to press ahead with a difficult undertaking through sustained effort shàngshànruòshuǐ 上善若水 the ideal is to be like water (which benefits all living things and does not struggle against them) (quotation from the "Book of Dao" 道德經|道德经[Dao4 de2 jing1])