Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

borrowed scenery

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.48 in modern English

Syllables: bor-rowed scenery
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

2

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden found in traditional East Asian garden design.

Uncountable

Etymology

From calque translation of Chinese 借景 (jièjǐng), or Japanese 借景 (shakkei).

Origin

Source language: Chinese

Word Breakdown

Root: -, 借景

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does borrowed scenery mean?: The principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden found in traditional East Asian garden design.
Where does borrowed scenery come from?: It is traced to Chinese.

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