情景交融
qíng jǐng jiāo róng
feeling and scenery blend into one (of good writing or art)
Character by character
情qíng
feeling
feeling
景jǐng
scene
scene
交jiāo
blend
blend
融róng
merge
merge
Example
这篇散文情景交融，读完很想去那个小镇看看。
In this essay feeling and scene are one; after reading it you long to visit the little town.
Tone: positive (praise).
Usage and origin
A term of literary criticism. 王国维 put the idea in a phrase: 一切景语皆情语, every line about scenery is really a line about feeling. Used to praise poems, essays, paintings and films.
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