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Open the tool →模山范水 (mó shān fàn shuǐ) is a Chinese idiom (chengyu) meaning “to depict or portray natural scenery, especially mountains and rivers, through writing or painting; to create landscape art or literature”.
模山范水 is pronounced mó shān fàn shuǐ in Mandarin Chinese.
Literally, 模山范水 means “to model mountains and pattern waters; to imitate mountains and rivers”. It is used to mean “to depict or portray natural scenery, especially mountains and rivers, through writing or painting; to create landscape art or literature”.
用文字或图画描绘山水景物。