山不转水转 (山不轉水轉)
shān bù zhuàn shuǐ zhuàn
Pinyin

Definition

山不转水转 (山不轉水轉)
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shān bù zhuàn shuǐ zhuàn
  1. it's a small world
  2. only mountains never meet

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

不
bù
  1. 1 (negative prefix)
  2. 2 not
  3. 3 no
上山
shàng shān
  1. 1 to go uphill
  2. 2 to spin cocoon (silkworms)
  3. 3 to pass away
下山
xià shān
  1. 1 (of the sun) to set
不久
bù jiǔ
  1. 1 not long (after)
  2. 2 before too long
  3. 3 soon
  4. 4 soon after
不亦乐乎
bù yì lè hū
  1. 1 lit. isn't that a joy? (quote from Confucius)
  2. 2 fig. (jocularly) extremely
  3. 3 awfully

Idioms (20)

一不做，二不休
yī bù zuò , èr bù xiū
  1. 1 don't do it, or don't rest (idiom); either give up, or go through to the end
  2. 2 Since we started, we must carry it through whatever happens.
  3. 3 in for a penny, in for a pound
一问三不知
yī wèn sān bù zhī
  1. 1 lit. to reply "don't know" whatever the question (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. absolutely no idea of what's going on
  3. 3 complete ignorance
一尘不染
yī chén bù rǎn
  1. 1 untainted by even a speck of dust (idiom); selfless and incorruptible
  2. 2 spotless
一字不提
yī zì bù tí
  1. 1 to not mention a single word (about sth) (idiom)
一山不容二虎
yī shān bù róng èr hǔ
  1. 1 lit. the mountain can't have two tigers (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. this town ain't big enough for the two of us
  3. 3 (of two rivals) to be fiercely competitive

Sample Sentences

那是中央银行担心的，我操哪门子心？而且“山不转水转”。出口不行了，我可以做进口生意。我看现在世界经济很大一部分问题就是信心问题。大家太悲观了。多一点儿我这样的人，肯定比央行注资更有效。来，干！
nà shì zhōngyāngyínháng dānxīn de ，wǒ cāo nǎménzi xīn ？érqiě “shānbùzhuànshuǐzhuàn ”。chūkǒu bùxíng le ，wǒ kěyǐ zuò jìnkǒu shēngyi 。wǒ kàn xiànzài shìjièjīngjì hěn dà yībùfēn wèntí jiùshì xìnxīn wèntí 。dàjiā tài bēiguān le 。duō yīdiǎnr wǒ zhèyàng de rén ，kěndìng bǐ yāngháng zhùzī gèng yǒuxiào 。lái ，gān ！
That's for the Central Bank to worry about-- why should I worry? And ''where one door closes, another opens!" If exporting doesn't work, I can do importing. The way I see it, a big part of the world's economic problems right now is the problem of confidence. Everyone's too pessimistic. A few more people like me would be even more effective than a capital injection from the central bank. Come on, cheers!
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是啊，山不转水转，水不转云转，全都不转了，地球也还转啊。再说，现在经济不好，房价下跌，我终于有希望买房了！
shì a ，shānbùzhuànshuǐzhuàn ，shuǐbùzhuànyúnzhuàn ，quándōu bù zhuàn le ，dìqiú yě hái zhuàn a 。zàishuō ，xiànzài jīngjì bù hǎo ，fángjià xiàdiē ，wǒ zhōngyú yǒu xīwàng mǎifáng le ！
Yeah, ''where one door closes, another opens." Even if nothing works right, the world keeps spinning. Plus, with the economy doing badly these days, housing prices are falling. I finally have a chance of buying a house!
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