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指点江山

zhǐ diǎn jiāng shān

4-character word Traditional 指點江山

What 指点江山 means

1. to talk idly about important matters (idiom)
2. to set the world to rights
3. to pass judgment on everything

The characters in 指点江山

• 指zhǐfinger; to point at or to; to indicate or refer to
• 点diǎnto touch briefly; to tap; to mark with a dot; to check off (on a list)…
• 江jiāngriver
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on