Chinese Idioms Containing “水”

Persistence achieves anything

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Water drops pierce stone

Advantage from close connections

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Pavilion close to water

Progress needs constant effort

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Boat moving against current

Success comes naturally

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Water comes channel forms

Clear and calm mind

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Clear mirror still water

In perfect element

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Fish finds water

Remember your roots

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Drink water think source

Absolutely flawless and thorough

Wörtliche Bedeutung: No water drop leaks

Perfect artistic understanding between friends

Wörtliche Bedeutung: High mountain flowing water

Actions cannot be undone

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Spilled water hard to recover

Fight with total commitment having no retreat

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Back to water one battle

To eagerly await someone or something

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Gazing through autumn waters

Utter defeat; scattered in disarray

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Falling flowers and flowing water

Travel through hardship; overcome obstacles

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Climb mountains, ford waters

Truth will emerge

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Water recedes, stones appear

Overcome great obstacles

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Thousand mountains, ten thousand rivers

Impenetrably crowded

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Water cannot leak through

Bustling activity

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Carriages like water, horses like dragons

Exploit chaos

Wörtliche Bedeutung: Fish in troubled waters