be surrounded by hills and rivers
As a Chinese idiom, Pinyin is Z à sh à nd à IH é, which means to be close to mountains and rivers. The situation is dangerous. It comes from the biography of Xiang Ji in the history of Han Dynasty.
Idiom usage
Used as a predicate or attributive; used in writing
The origin of Idioms
"The Qin people are disappointed. So Hansheng said, "Guanzhong is a place where mountains and rivers are blocked, and the four fortresses are fertile and fertile, but all of them are based on Bo."
be surrounded by hills and rivers
the moon shining on the beams of the house -- thinking of a friend - luò yuè wū liáng
strike the eye and rouse the mind - hài mù jīng xīn
half literary and half vernacular - bàn wén bàn bái
Know the face but not the heart - zhī rén zhī miàn bù zhī xīn