背山临水
bèi​shān​lín​shuǐ

facing water with mountains behind

  • created sense approved 背山临水/背山臨水 · bèi​shān​lín​shuǐ · facing water with mountains behind — "Initial import from upstream dictionary"

    背山临水 / 背山臨水

    bèi​shān​lín​shuǐ

    facing water with mountains behind

    to be situated with mountains at the back and a body of water in front; a favored location in traditional site selection or landscaping

    背 (literal) → 背 · bèi · back 山 (literal) → 山 · shān · mountain 临 (literal) → 临/臨 · lín · to face 水 (literal) → 水 · shuǐ · water

    Changed: simplified, traditional, gloss, definition, pinyin, variant pinyin, variants, separable parts, decomposition

    created sense