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Change log entry 64146
Processed by: goldyn_chyld (2017-08-07 08:16:42 UTC)
Comment: << review queue entry 60454 - submitted by 'richwarm' >>
1) "poetic and picturesque" is not very idiomatic. G hits for that expression tend to be related to China in some way.

2) "picturesque" has connotations of quaintness:
picturesque ~ visually charming or quaint, as if resembling or suitable for a painting : "a picturesque fishing village"

3) Usage
- 碧绿如镜的凤凰湖,真是如诗如画,如梦如幻。
- 到这河边欣赏这如诗如画的景色。
- 中国这场“千年之约”如诗如画美到窒息!
- 我爱加拿大,爱她如诗如画迷人的风光。

在台灣知名歌手蔡依琳主唱的〈台灣的心跳〉歌聲中,台灣地標台北101、壯闊的高山、美麗的海岸、阿里山、日月潭、墾丁、山城九份……,一張張如詩如畫的特色美景,勾勒越南學生對台灣的想像,也觸及他們內心深處對於留學台灣的想望。
While pop star Jolin Tsai’s “Taiwan Heartbeat” played in the background, the speakers used images of Taipei 101, majestic peaks, rugged shorelines, Mt. Ali, Sun Moon Lake, Kenting, Jiufen, and other Taiwanese landmarks to capture the students’ imaginations and fan the flames of their desire to study in Taiwan.

歐陽台生在加拿大登山學校訓練時,途經落磯山脈的上卡那那斯基湖,攝下如詩如畫的美景,令人神往。
When O-Young was in mountaineering school in Canada, he came across Upper Lake Kananaskis in the Canadian Rockies. The photo is mesmerizing in its poetic beauty.
Diff:
- 如詩如畫 如诗如画 [ru2 shi1 ru2 hua4] /poetic and picturesque/
# + 如詩如畫 如诗如画 [ru2 shi1 ru2 hua4] /(of scenery) stunning/spectacular/
+ 如詩如畫 如诗如画 [ru2 shi1 ru2 hua4] /(of scenery) stunning/spectacular/picturesque/
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