山水
shān shuǐ
Pinyin
Definition
山水
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- water from a mountain
- mountains and rivers
- scenery
- landscape
山水
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- Sansui, Japanese company
Character Decomposition
Idioms (20)
一山不容二虎
- 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
- 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
- 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
一清如水
- 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
- 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
- 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
- 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
- 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
- 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
- 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
- 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
Sample Sentences
诶,没错没错,就是侯导的《聂隐娘》,里面的景色美极了,像山水画一样。
Eh, that's right, it was Hou's The Assassin. The scenery of the film was extremely pretty, just like a ink landscape drawing.
那主要学哪方面的,山水、人物、水墨还是鸟兽?
Well, which aspects will your studies focus on? Landscapes, people, ink and wash, or animals?
那和国内其他地方的山山水水应该差不多的。
Then compared to the other beautiful places in China it's probably more or less the same.