山清水秀

shānqīngshuǐxiù
  1. lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. fig. enchanting scenery

CEDICT

picturesque scenery; beautiful mountains and rivers

Wiktionary

形容山水秀麗，風景優美。《鏡花緣．第四七回》：「祥雲繚繞，紫霧繽紛，從那山清水秀之中，透出一座紅亭。」也作「山明水秀」、「水秀山明」。

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Entry Composition

1 山 shān (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

classifier: 座
2 清水 qīngshuǐ
  1. fresh water
  2. drinking water
  3. clear water
3 秀 xiù
  1. (bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful
  2. (bound form) superior; excellent
  3. (loanword) show
  4. (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears

Related entries

山明水秀 shānmíngshuǐxiù
  1. lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom)
  2. fig. enchanting scenery