江山

Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qu2 zhou1], Zhejiang

rivers and mountains / landscape / country / state power

surname Jiang

river / CL:條|条[tiao2],道[dao4]

mountain / hill / anything that resembles a mountain / CL:座[zuo4] / bundled straw in which silkworms spin cocoons / gable

half of the country (esp. when half the country has fallen into enemy hands) / vast swathe of territory

to talk idly about important matters (idiom) / to set the world to rights / to pass judgment on everything

Jiangshan, county-level city in Quzhou 衢州[Qu2 zhou1], Zhejiang

rivers and mountains are easy to change, man's character much harder

it is easier to change mountains and rivers than to alter one's character (idiom) / you can't change who you are / Can the leopard change his spots?

lit. ten thousand miles of rivers and mountains / a vast territory (idiom)