依山傍水

yīshān-bàngshuǐ

idiom #86,767

Meanings

这个村庄依山傍水，风景如画。

Zhège cūnzhuāng yīshānbàngshuǐ, fēngjǐng rú huà.

This village nestles between mountains and water, its scenery like a painting.

他们选了一块依山傍水的地方盖房子。

Tāmen xuǎn le yīkuài yīshānbàngshuǐ de dìfang gàifáng zi.

They chose a plot flanked by mountains and water to build their house.

usage

Used almost exclusively to praise a location's natural setting — villages, temples, resorts. Rarely metaphorical.

依 yī

山 shān

傍 bàng

水 shuǐ