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青山绿水

qīng shān lǜ shuǐ

4-character word Traditional 青山綠水

What 青山绿水 means

1. (lit.) green hills and clear waters (idiom)
2. (fig.) picturesque natural scenery

The characters in 青山绿水

• 青qīnggreen; blue; black
• 山shānmountain; hill; (colloquial) small bundle of straw for silkworms to spin cocoons on
• 绿lǜgreen; (slang) (derived from 绿帽子
• 水shuǐwater; (after a name) ... River; to swim (used mostly in 会水

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