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青綠山水

简青绿山水 · 繁青綠山水

Mandarin · pinyin qīng lǜ shān shuǐ

blue-and-green landscape (genre of landscape painting originating in the Tang dynasty, in which blues and greens predominate)

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青: qīng · blue, green; young; Kangxi radical 174
綠: lǜ · green; chlorine
山: shān · mountain, hill, peak
水: shuǐ · water, liquid, lotion, juice
绿: lǜ · green; chlorine

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1–4–1–3 · qing1 lu:4 shan1 shui3

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noun

Blue-green shan shui (a style of landscape painting that is most popular in Tang and Song Dynasties.)

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