江山如画

江山如畫
jiāngshān-rúhuà
idiom

Meanings

  1. 1 rivers and mountains like a painting
  2. 2 landscape picture-perfect
  3. 3 breathtakingly beautiful scenery

Examples

Guìlín jiāngshānrúhuà, xīyǐn le wúshù yóukè.
Guilin's landscape is like a painting, drawing countless tourists.
Zhàn zài shāndǐng yuǎn wàng, jiāngshānrúhuà, lìngrén táozuì.
Looking out from the mountain top, the landscape is picture-perfect and intoxicating.

Tips

history
From Song poet Su Shi's 《·怀》: 江山如画一时多少豪杰 — 'the rivers and mountains are like a painting; in that moment how many heroes lived!' One of the most-quoted lines in Chinese ci poetry.

Stroke Order

jiāng
shān
huà