山水
shān shuǐ
Pinyin

Definition

山水
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shān shuǐ
  1. water from a mountain
  2. mountains and rivers
  3. scenery
  4. landscape
山水
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Shān shuǐ
  1. Sansui, Japanese company

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

唐山
Táng shān
  1. 1 Tangshan prefecture level city in Hebei
山
Shān
  1. 1 surname Shan
山东
Shān dōng
  1. 1 Shandong, province in northeast China, short name 魯|鲁[Lǔ], capital Jinan 濟南|济南[Jǐ nán]
水
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
水平
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
水果
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 CL:個|个[gè]
水浒传
Shuǐ hǔ Zhuàn
  1. 1 Water Margin or Outlaws of the Marsh by Shi Nai'an 施耐庵[Shī Nài ān], one of the Four Classic Novels of Chinese literature
水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)
江山
Jiāng shān
  1. 1 Jiangshan county level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qú zhōu], Zhejiang
泪水
lèi shuǐ
  1. 1 teardrop
  2. 2 tears
赵本山
Zhào Běn shān
  1. 1 Zhao Benshan (1958-), universally known PRC TV comedian
一头雾水
yī tóu wù shuǐ
  1. 1 to be confused
  2. 2 to be baffled
上山
shàng shān
  1. 1 to go uphill
  2. 2 to spin cocoon (silkworms)
  3. 3 to pass away
下山
xià shān
  1. 1 (of the sun) to set
下水
xià shuǐ
  1. 1 downstream
  2. 2 to go into the water
  3. 3 to put into water
  4. 4 to launch (a ship)
  5. 5 fig. to fall into bad ways
  6. 6 to lead astray
  7. 7 to go to pot
下水道
xià shuǐ dào
  1. 1 sewer
中山
Zhōng shān
  1. 1 refers to Dr Sun Yat-sen
  2. 2 Zhongshan, prefecture-level city in Guangdong, close to Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
  3. 3 Nakayama (Japanese surname)
中山市
Zhōng shān shì
  1. 1 Zhongshan prefecture-level city in Guangdong province 廣東省|广东省[Guǎng dōng shěng] in south China, close to Dr Sun Yat-sen's birthplace
九华山
Jiǔ huá shān
  1. 1 Mt Jiuhua in Anhui, one of the Four Sacred Mountains and Bodhimanda of Kṣitigarbha 地藏
乳山
Rǔ shān
  1. 1 Rushan county level city in Weihai 威海, Shandong

Idioms (20)

一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive
一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 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.)
不识泰山
bù shí Tài Shān
  1. 1 can't recognize Mt Taishan (idiom); fig. not to recognize a famous person
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts
人不可貌相，海水不可斗量
rén bù kě mào xiàng , hǎi shuǐ bù kě dǒu liáng
  1. 1 you can't judge a person by appearance, just as you can't measure the sea with a pint pot (idiom)
人往高处走，水往低处流
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu , shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
  1. 1 man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down (idiom)
  2. 2 one should constantly strive to make progress
他山之石可以攻玉
tā shān zhī shí kě yǐ gōng yù
  1. 1 lit. the other mountain's stone can polish jade (idiom); to improve oneself by accepting criticism from outside
  2. 2 to borrow talent from abroad to develop the nation effectively
似水年华
sì shuǐ nián huá
  1. 1 fleeting years (idiom)
兵来将挡，水来土掩
bīng lái jiàng dǎng , shuǐ lái tǔ yǎn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵来将敌，水来土堰
bīng lái jiàng dí , shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
  1. 1 counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir (idiom); different situations call for different action
  2. 2 to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
兵败如山倒
bīng bài rú shān dǎo
  1. 1 troops in defeat like a landslide (idiom); a beaten army in total collapse
出水芙蓉
chū shuǐ fú róng
  1. 1 as a lotus flower breaking the surface (idiom); surpassingly beautiful (of young lady's face or old gentleman's calligraphy)
刀山火海
dāo shān huǒ hǎi
  1. 1 lit. mountains of daggers and seas of flames
  2. 2 fig. extreme danger (idiom)
十指不沾阳春水
shí zhǐ bù zhān yáng chūn shuǐ
  1. 1 to have no need to fend for oneself (idiom)
  2. 2 to lead a pampered life
半瓶水响叮当
bàn píng shuǐ xiǎng dīng dāng
  1. 1 lit. if you tap a half-empty bottle it makes a sound (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. empty vessels make the most noise
  3. 3 one who has a little knowledge likes to show off, but one who is truly knowledgeable is modest
吃水不忘掘井人
chī shuǐ bù wàng jué jǐng rén
  1. 1 Drinking the water of a well, one should never forget who dug it. (idiom)
名落孙山
míng luò Sūn Shān
  1. 1 lit. to fall behind Sun Shan 孫山|孙山[Sūn Shān] (who came last in the imperial examination) (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to fail an exam
  3. 3 to fall behind (in a competition)

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。
ēi ，méicuò méicuò ，jiùshì Hòu dǎo de 《Niè yǐnniáng 》，lǐmiàn de jǐngsè měi jí le ，xiàng shānshuǐ huà yīyàng 。
Eh, that's right, it was Hou's The Assassin. The scenery of the film was extremely pretty, just like a ink landscape drawing.
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那主要学哪方面的，山水、人物、水墨还是鸟兽？
nà zhǔyào xué nǎ fāngmiàn de ，shānshuǐ 、rénwù 、shuǐmò háishì niǎoshòu ？
Well, which aspects will your studies focus on? Landscapes, people, ink and wash, or animals?
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那和国内其他地方的山山水水应该差不多的。
nà hé guónèi qítā dìfang de shānshānshuǐshuǐ yīnggāi chàbuduō de 。
Then compared to the other beautiful places in China it's probably more or less the same.
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