Words — 62 found
bīng lái jiàng dí shuǐ lái tǔ yàn
ㄅㄧㄥ ㄌㄞˊ ㄐㄧㄤˋ ㄉㄧˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄌㄞˊ ㄊㄨˇ ㄧㄢˋ
兵 來 將 敵 水 來 土 堰
兵 来 将 敌 水 来 土 堰
Simplified Traditional 兵来将敌水来土堰 兵來將敵水來土堰
  1. Idiom
    1. counter soldiers with arms, water with an earth weir
  2. 2. different situations call for different action
  3. Verb
    3. to adopt measures appropriate to the actual situation
tiě dǎ de yá men liú shuǐ de guān
ㄊㄧㄝˇ ㄉㄚˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄧㄚˊ ˙ㄇㄣ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ˙ㄉㄜ ㄍㄨㄢ
鐵 打 的 衙 門 流 水 的 官
铁 打 的 衙 门 流 水 的 官
Simplified Traditional 铁打的衙门流水的官 鐵打的衙門流水的官
  1. Idiom
    1. lit. the yamen is strong as iron, the officials flow like water
  2. 2. fig. government officials come and go
rén wǎng gāo chù zǒu shuǐ wǎng dī chù liú
ㄖㄣˊ ㄨㄤˇ ㄍㄠ ㄔㄨˋ ㄗㄡˇ ㄕㄨㄟˇ ㄨㄤˇ ㄉㄧ ㄔㄨˋ ㄌㄧㄡˊ
人 往 高 處 走 水 往 低 處 流
人 往 高 处 走 水 往 低 处 流
Simplified Traditional 人往高处走水往低处流 人往高處走水往低處流
  1. Idiom
    1. man seeks his way up just as water seeks its way down
  2. 2. one should constantly strive to make progress
chū shēng rù sǐ
ㄔㄨ ㄕㄥ ㄖㄨˋ ㄙˇ
出 生 入 死
出 生 入 死
  1. Idiom
    1. from the cradle to the grave
  2. Verb
    2. to go through fire and water
  3. 3. brave
  4. 4. willing to risk life and limb
yuán yuǎn liú cháng
ㄩㄢˊ ㄩㄢˇ ㄌㄧㄡˊ ㄔㄤˊ
源 遠 流 長
源 远 流 长
Simplified Traditional 源远流长 源遠流長
  1. Idiom
    1. lit. source is distant and the flow is long
  2. 2. fig. sth goes back to the dim and distant past
  3. Noun
    3. a lot of water has flowed under the bridge since then
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Hanzi — 124 found
tuó ㄊㄨㄛˊ 鼉 鼉
  1. 1. large reptile, water lizard
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xìng ㄒㄧㄥˋ 莕 莕
  1. Noun
    1. a water plant, Nymphoides peltalum
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jūn ㄐㄩㄣ 莙 莙
  1. 1. species of water plant
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xiǔ ㄒˇ 滫 滫
  1. Literary
    1. water that was used to rinse rice and has become smelly
  2. 2. befouled water
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shuǐ ㄕㄨㄟˇ 氵 氵
  1. 1. "water" radical in Chinese characters (Kangxi radical 85), occurring in 沒|没[méi], 法[fǎ], 流[liú] etc
  2. 2. see also 三點水|三点水[sān diǎn shuǐ]
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