国くに敗やぶれて山さん河があり
Meanings
Expression
Proverb
1. the land outlasts the king; (lit.) a country may fall but its mountains and rivers remain
from a poem by Du Fu
Kanji used
country
defeated
mountain
waterway
Composed of
country; state; region; national government; central government; home (i.e. hometown, home country); province (of Japan)
loss; defeat
mountains and rivers; natural surroundings
existing (at the present moment); alright; acceptable; to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to have