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
trad. (細水長流)
simp. (细水长流)
Literally: “a trickle flows for a long time”.

Pronunciation


Idiom

細水長流

  1. to economize to avoid running short
  2. to work steadily at something little by little
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