美景 (měi jǐng) — beautiful scenery | TongTong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

Literally 'beautiful scenery' — emphasizes the beauty. 比风景/景色更突出主观感受 (e.g., 不虚此行).

noun

beautiful scenery

Examples

美景。
Gōng yuán lǐ de měi jǐng xī yǐn le hěn duō yóu kè.
The beautiful scenery in the park attracts many tourists.
，美景。
Chūn tiān lái le, dào chù dōu shì yí piàn měi jǐng.
Spring has come, and beautiful scenery is everywhere.
美景。
Hǎi biān de měi jǐng ràng rén xīn qíng yú kuài.
The beautiful scenery at the seaside makes people feel happy.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

偏正piānzhèngModifier + head

The first part narrows down the second: it says what kind of thing the head is.

美měibeautiful

景jǐngscenery

美 describes 景, scenery, as beautiful.

Characters in this word

Two or more meaningful parts placed together so that their meanings combine into a new one.

羊羊yángram or feathers
大大dàperson

美 shows 大, a person, wearing 羊, a headdress of feathers or ram's horn.

Most characters — around four in five — are built this way: one part hints at the meaning, the other at the pronunciation.

日京景

Meaning part形符xíngfú

日日rìsun

Sound part声符shēngfú

京

京jīng景jǐng

Same sound today

景 has 日 (sun) with 京, which gives its sound; it originally meant sunlight.

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HSK 3.0 Level 4 Travel & Tourism

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