山河
also: さんか
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Meanings
1
mountains and rivers; natural landscape
Often used in a poetic or literary sense to evoke the natural world, especially in set phrases like 山河を渡る or 山河を越える.
He continued his journey across mountains and rivers.
This painting depicts the beauty of the natural landscape.
Expressions
- 国破れて山河ありthe land outlasts the king; a country may fall but its mountains and rivers remain