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borrowed scenery

borrowed scenery noun: the principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden found in traditional East Asian garden design.

Noun

borrowed scenery (uncountable)

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

Origin of borrowed scenery

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

Questions about borrowed scenery

What does borrowed scenery mean?
Borrowed scenery means the principle of incorporating background landscape into the composition of a garden found in traditional East Asian garden design.
What part of speech is borrowed scenery?
Borrowed scenery is a noun.

Words near borrowed scenery in the dictionary

  1. borrowed from Peter to pay Paul
  2. borrowed light
  3. borrowed lights
  4. borrowed neutral
  5. borrowed neutrals
  6. borrowed scenery
  7. borrowed time
  8. borrowed trouble
  9. borrowedst
  10. borrowee
  11. borrowees

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