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风景旧曾谙

風景舊曾諳
fēngjǐng jiù céng ān
quotation

Meanings

  1. 1 the scenery I once knew so well
  2. 2 (fig.) deeply familiar landscape of fond memory - the Jiangnan of one's youth
  3. 3 (lit.) landscape formerly once (intimately) known

Examples

HSK 4
读到江南好，风景旧曾谙，她忽然想起小时候的故乡。
Dú dào Jiāngnán hǎo, fēngjǐngjiùcéng'ān, tā hūrán xiǎngqǐ xiǎoshíhou de gùxiāng.
Reading 'Jiangnan is fine, the scenery I once knew so well,' she suddenly remembered her childhood home.
HSK 7-9
他回到杭州，一草一木都是风景旧曾谙。
Tā huídào Hángzhōu, yīcǎoyīmù dōu shì fēngjǐngjiùcéng'ān.
Returning to Hangzhou, every blade of grass and tree was 'scenery he once knew so well.'

Tips

history
From 白居易《忆江南·江南好》(Bai Juyi, 'Recalling Jiangnan: Jiangnan is Fine,' middle Tang, c. 835 CE): 江南好，风景旧曾谙。日出江花红胜火，春来江水绿如蓝。能不忆江南？(Jiangnan is fine - its scenery I once knew so well. At sunrise river-flowers are redder than fire; in spring the river water is green like indigo. How could I not remember Jiangnan?). Bai Juyi wrote this recalling his years as governor of Suzhou and Hangzhou; a foundational text of the 'Jiangnan nostalgia' tradition.
usage
Reading: 谙 = ān ('to know intimately'), a less common character. 曾 = céng (2nd tone, 'once / formerly'). Almost always quoted with 江南好 as the preceding phrase.

Stroke Order

风 fēng
景 jǐng
旧 jiù
曾 céng
谙 ān