細水長流
Chinese
fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender |
water; river | long; length; forever long; length; forever; always; constantly; chief; head; elder; to grow; to develop |
to flow; to spread; to circulate to flow; to spread; to circulate; to move | ||
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trad. (細水長流) | 細 | 水 | 長 | 流 | |
simp. (细水长流) | 细 | 水 | 长 | 流 | |
Literally: “a trickle flows for a long time”. |
Pronunciation
Idiom
細水長流
- to economize to avoid running short
- to work steadily at something little by little
- 世上沒人能阻擋細水愛長流 [Literary Cantonese, trad.]
- From: 2022, 林家謙 [Terence Lam], lyrics by 林夕 [Albert Leung], 《某種老朋友》 [Regression]
- sai3 soeng6 mut6 jan4 nang4 zo2 dong2 sai3 seoi2 oi3 coeng4 lau4 [Jyutping]
- No one on earth can stop one from liking to work steadily little by little
世上没人能阻挡细水爱长流 [Literary Cantonese, simp.]
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