name, historical, specifically
the area to the west of Mount Hua
name
Shanxi (a province of China)
name, historical, specifically
the area to the west of the Taihang Mountains
noun
west of the mountain (in general)
Examples (Wiktionary)
Mandarin
他在学堂的时候，先生问他：“直隶省的西边是哪一省？”他说是陕西。先生说：“错了，是山西，不是陕西。”他说：“陕西同山西，不是差不多吗？”
他在學堂的時候，先生問他：“直隸省的西邊是哪一省？”他説是陝西。先生説：“錯了，是山西，不是陝西。”他説：“陝西同山西，不是差不多嗎？”
tā zài xué táng de shí hòu ， xiān shēng wèn tā ： “ zhí lì shěng de xī biān shì nǎ yī shěng ？ ” tā shuō shì shǎn xī ． xiān shēng shuō ： “ cuò le ， shì shān xī ， bù shì shǎn xī ． ” tā shuō ： “ shǎn xī tóng shān xī ， bù shì chā bù duō ma ？ ”
When he went to school, the teacher asked him: "Which province is west of Zhili Province?" He answered Shaanxi. The teacher said: "Wrong, it is Shanxi, not Shaanxi." He said: "Would Shaanxi and Shanxi not be close enough?"
Mandarin
例如在抗战初起时，许多人有一种毫无根据的乐观倾向，他们把日本估计过低，甚至以为日本不能打到山西。
例如在抗戰初起時，許多人有一種毫無根據的樂觀傾向，他們把日本估計過低，甚至以為日本不能打到山西。
lì rú zài kàng zhàn chū qǐ shí ， xǔ duō rén yǒu yī zhǒng háo wú gēn jù de lè guān qīng xiàng ， tā men bǎ rì běn gū jì guò dī ， shèn zhì yǐ wéi rì běn bù néng dǎ dào shān xī ．
For instance, at the outset of the war many people were groundlessly optimistic, underestimating Japan and even believing that the Japanese could not get as far as Shanxi.