Chinese · Idiom Attested

诗情画意

shī qíng huà yì

In real, traceable use. Part of the curated seed collection; community review is coming.

Traditional: 詩情畫意

Both English Tiếng Việt

Meaning · English

Having the beauty and mood of a poem or a painting; idyllic, picturesque. Used mainly of scenery, gardens and old towns, and of writing or music that calls up such scenes.

Nghĩa · Tiếng Việt

Đẹp và giàu ý vị như thơ, như tranh; nên thơ, hữu tình. Chủ yếu dùng để tả phong cảnh, vườn tược, phố cổ, hoặc bài văn, bản nhạc gợi lên những cảnh như thế.

Literally: poetry in the feeling, painting in the idea

Examples

这个小镇的风景充满了诗情画意。Zhège xiǎozhèn de fēngjǐng chōngmǎn le shī qíng huà yì.The scenery of this little town is as lovely as a poem or a painting.

Editorial example (illustrative, not a corpus attestation) — awaiting a native-speaker check

Sources & notes

Hán-Việt bridge batch 062 (2026-11-13). Headword, Traditional form and pinyin checked against CC-CEDICT (CC BY-SA 4.0) source ↗ · Hán-Việt reading: Unihan kVietnamese source ↗ · Vietnamese cognate: Idiomer entry “thi tình họa ý” (thi-tinh-hoa-y). Definition, literal gloss and example sentence are original; the example has not had a native-speaker check yet.

Equivalents & related

Hán-Việt cognate thi tình họa ý A poem's feeling, a painting's intent — beauty composed in two arts at once. Tiếng Việt

Common questions

What does “诗情画意” mean?

Having the beauty and mood of a poem or a painting; idyllic, picturesque. Used mainly of scenery, gardens and old towns, and of writing or music that calls up such scenes. Literally: poetry in the feeling, painting in the idea

Is “诗情画意” formal or informal?

诗情画意 is generally neutral.

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