细水长流 (細水長流)
xì shuǐ cháng liú
Pinyin

Definition

细水长流 (細水長流)
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xì shuǐ cháng liú
  1. lit. thin streams flow forever
  2. fig. economy will get you a long way
  3. to work steadily at something little by little

Character Decomposition

Related Words (20)

交流
jiāo liú
  1. 1 to exchange
  2. 2 exchange
  3. 3 communication
  4. 4 interaction
  5. 5 to have social contact (with sb)
水
Shuǐ
  1. 1 surname Shui
水平
shuǐ píng
  1. 1 level (of achievement etc)
  2. 2 standard
  3. 3 horizontal
水果
shuǐ guǒ
  1. 1 fruit
  2. 2 classifier: 个 gè
水瓶座
Shuǐ píng zuò
  1. 1 Aquarius (constellation and sign of the zodiac)

Idioms (20)

一清如水
yī qīng rú shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. as clear as water (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. (of officials etc) honest and incorruptible
一碗水端平
yī wǎn shuǐ duān píng
  1. 1 lit. to hold a bowl of water level (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. to be impartial
一点水一个泡
yī diǎn shuǐ yī gè pào
  1. 1 honest and trustworthy (idiom)
三个和尚没水喝
sān gè hé shang méi shuǐ hē
  1. 1 lit. three monks have no water to drink (idiom)
  2. 2 fig. everybody's business is nobody's business
  3. 3 (If there is one monk, he will fetch water for himself. If there are two, they will fetch water together. But if there are three or more, none will take it upon himself to fetch water.)
不显山不露水
bù xiǎn shān bù lù shuǐ
  1. 1 lit. to not show the mountain and to not reveal the water (idiom); fig. to hide the key facts

Sample Sentences

这样，大哥，以后咱们的交情可以说是细水长流。所以这方面我都替您想好了，回头让嫂子注册个公司，以后款子进出，做帐什么的也方便，免得有后顾之忧嘛。
zhèyàng ，dàgē ，yǐhòu zánmen de jiāoqíng kěyǐ shuō shì xìshuǐchángliú 。suǒyǐ zhè fāngmiàn wǒ dōu tì nín xiǎng hǎo le ，huítóu ràng sǎozi zhùcè ge gōngsī ，yǐhòu kuǎnzi jìnchū ，zuòzhàng shénme de yě fāngbiàn ，miǎnde yǒu hòugùzhīyōu ma 。
How about this. Big brother, I think we'll be friends for a long time to come so I've already thought about this for you. Later on have your wife register a company. After that, transferring money and keeping the books and such will be more convenient. That way you won't have to worry about it anymore.
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