美景 měijǐng beautiful scenery
How to remember 美景: 美 beautiful + 景 view = beautiful scenery.
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How it is used
- Written, somewhat literary noun for beautiful scenery, as a fixed compound rather than two separate words.
- 欣赏美景 (xīnshǎng měijǐng) - to admire the beautiful scenery, a common set phrase in travel writing.
- More compact and formal than saying 美丽的风景 (měilì de fēngjǐng); you'll see 美景 in travel brochures and captions rather than casual speech.
- Rarely used alone as a sentence topic in spoken Mandarin - usually appears after a verb like 欣赏, 拍, or 观赏.