Water and mountains
As a Chinese idiom, the Pinyin is Shu ǐ sh è ngsh ā NC á n, which means the scene of national subjugation or the disintegration of the territory and the destruction of mountains and rivers after the upheaval. The source is "accompany Zheng Guangwen to visit general he's mountain forest".
The origin of Idioms
The fifth poem of Tang Dufu's accompanying Zheng Guangwen on a tour of general he's mountain forest: "the remaining water, the Cangjiang River, the mountain and the stone tablet are broken.".
Analysis of Idioms
Remnant mountains and rivers
Idiom usage
To describe the occupied territory
Water and mountains
Fire and water are incompatible - shuǐ huǒ bù xiāng róng