风景如画 (fēng jǐng rú huà) — scenery as beautiful as a painting (idiom) | tongtong Chinese Dictionary

Definition

A set idiom praising scenery so beautiful it looks like a painting. Use it as a predicate or before 的 to modify a noun.

idiom

scenery as beautiful as a painting (idiom)

Examples

风景如画。
Zhè lǐ de fēng jǐng rú huà zhēn měi.
The scenery here is as beautiful as a painting.
，风景如画。
Zǒu jìn gōng yuán, fǎng fú jìn rù le fēng jǐng rú huà de shì jiè.
Walking into the park, it feels like entering a world of picturesque scenery.
，风景如画。
Tā pāi le hěn duō zhào piàn, jì lù xià zhè fēng jǐng rú huà de měi jǐng.
He took many photos to capture this beautiful, picturesque scenery.

Origin

Compound word

构词法gòucífǎ

主谓zhǔwèiSubject + predicate

A small sentence frozen into a word: something, and what it does or is.

风景scenery

风fēngwind景jǐngscene

联合Side by side

如画like a painting

如rúlike画huàpainting

动宾Verb + object

风景 names the scenery, 如画 compares it to a painting.

Characters in this word

No reliable origin is recorded for this character.

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.

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

女口如

Meaning part形符xíngfú

口口kǒumouth

Sound part声符shēngfú

女

女nǚ如rú

Same sound today

如 is built from 口 (mouth) for its meaning and 女 (woman) for its sound.

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

This origin belongs to the traditional form 畫; 画 is its simplified writing.

Meaning part形符xíngfú

聿聿yùbrush

Sound part声符shēngfú

規

規guī畫huà

The sound has drifted apartThe sound part was a clue two thousand years ago — it often still helps, but not always.

The traditional form 畫 pairs 聿, a brush, with 規 for its sound. The simplified 画 is a later shorthand, so its parts are not the old parts.

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