Chinese Idioms Containing “水”

Persistence achieves anything

Literal: Water drops pierce stone

Advantage from close connections

Literal: Pavilion close to water

Progress needs constant effort

Literal: Boat moving against current

Success comes naturally

Literal: Water comes channel forms

Clear and calm mind

Literal: Clear mirror still water

In perfect element

Literal: Fish finds water

Remember your roots

Literal: Drink water think source

Absolutely flawless and thorough

Literal: No water drop leaks

Perfect artistic understanding between friends

Literal: High mountain flowing water

Actions cannot be undone

Literal: Spilled water hard to recover

Fight with total commitment having no retreat

Literal: Back to water one battle

To eagerly await someone or something

Literal: Gazing through autumn waters

Utter defeat; scattered in disarray

Literal: Falling flowers and flowing water

Travel through hardship; overcome obstacles

Literal: Climb mountains, ford waters

Truth will emerge

Literal: Water recedes, stones appear

Overcome great obstacles

Literal: Thousand mountains, ten thousand rivers

Impenetrably crowded

Literal: Water cannot leak through

Bustling activity

Literal: Carriages like water, horses like dragons

Exploit chaos

Literal: Fish in troubled waters