tài​shān​běi​dǒu

Mount Tai and the Big Dipper

tài​shān​běi​dǒu Mount Tai and the Big Dipper

  1. Mount Tai
    Mount Tai in Shandong province, the eastern peak of the 五岳 wǔ​yuè (Five Sacred Mountains)
  2. Big Dipper
    the Big Dipper; the Plow; the seven brightest stars of the constellation Ursa Major

tài​shān​běi​dǒu leading authority

  1. person or thing of great importance
    (metaphor) A person of great distinction or something of immense weight or value; used in the idiom 有眼不识泰山 yǒu​yǎn​bù​shí​tài​shān meaning to fail to recognize a person of great importance.
  2. respected person
    a person who is deeply respected or looked up to by everyone