山河

shānhé

noun #34,188

Meanings

1 mountains and rivers
2 the land of a country
3 the nation

Characters

Examples

HSK 7-9

祖国的山河多么壮丽。

Zǔguó de shānhé duōme zhuànglì.

How magnificent the mountains and rivers of our motherland are.

HSK 7-9

他誓死保卫祖国的山河。

Tā shìsǐ bǎowèi zǔguó de shānhé.

He vowed to defend his country's land to the death.

Tips

culture

Standard poetic shorthand for 'the country/territory'. Heard in 大好河山 (great rivers and mountains), 锦绣山河 (splendid landscape), and the chengyu 山河破碎 (broken land - a country in ruins).

Stroke Order

山 shān

河 hé