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江山

jiāng shān

2-character word

What 江山 means

1. rivers and mountains
2. landscape
3. country
4. state power

Other readings

江山 is 多音字 — it is read more than one way, and the reading changes the meaning.

• Jiāng shānsee {江山市|Jiāng shān Shì}

The characters in 江山

• 江jiāngriver
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on

Example sentences

• 江山易改，本性难移。
  Jiāngshānyìgǎi, běnxìngnányí.
  A leopard never changes its spots.

Words starting with 江山

• 江山市Jiāng shān ShìJiangshan, a county-level city in Quzhou City 衢州市
• 江山易改禀性难移jiāng shān yì gǎi bǐng xìng nán yírivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder
• 江山易改，本性难移jiāng shān yì gǎi , běn xìng nán yíit is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom)…

Words containing 江山

• 半壁江山bàn bì jiāng shānhalf of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands)…
• 指点江山zhǐ diǎn jiāng shānto talk idly about important matters (idiom); to set the world to rights…
• 万里江山wàn lǐ jiāng shānlit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains; a vast territory (idiom)