| 山清水秀 |
shān qīng shuǐ xiù |
lit. verdant hills and limpid water (idiom) / fig. enchanting scenery |
| 山 |
Shān |
surname Shan |
| 山 |
shān |
mountain; hill (CL:座) / (coll.) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on |
| 清 |
Qīng |
Qing (Wade-Giles: Ch'ing) dynasty of China (1644-1911) / surname Qing |
| 清 |
qīng |
(of water etc) clear; clean / quiet; still / pure; uncorrupted / clear; distinct / to clear; to settle (accounts) |
| 清水 |
Qīng shuǐ |
Qingshui (place name) / Shimizu (Japanese surname and place name) |
| 清水 |
qīng shuǐ |
fresh water / drinking water / clear water |
| 水 |
Shuǐ |
surname Shui |
| 水 |
shuǐ |
water / (after a name) ... River / to swim (used mostly in 会水 and 水性) / (coll.) lacking in substance; shoddy / (bound form) additional cost; extra income / classifier for washings of a garment |
| 秀 |
xiù |
(bound form) refined; elegant; graceful; beautiful / (bound form) superior; excellent / (loanword) show / (literary) to grow; to bloom; (of grain crops) to produce ears |