borrowed scenery

noun

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

OriginJapanese 借景 →
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Meanings

nounborrowed scenery (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden found in traditional East Asian garden design.

Origin

  1. Japanese借景
  2. Englishborrowed scenery

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

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Translations

Chinese Mandarin 借景
  • 借景 (jièjǐng)principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden
Finnish lainattu maisema
  • lainattu maisemaprinciple of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden
French paysage emprunté
  • paysage empruntéprinciple of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden
Japanese 借景
  • 借景 (shakkei)principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden
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