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Chinese
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fine; minutely; thin fine; minutely; thin; slender |
water; river
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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)
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細
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水
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長
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流
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| simp. (细水长流)
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细
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水
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长
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流
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| Literally: “a trickle flows for a long time”.
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Pronunciation
Idiom
細水長流
- to economize to avoid running short
- to work steadily at something little by little
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世上沒人能阻擋細水愛長流
世上没人能阻挡细水爱长流 - sai3 soeng6 mut6 jan4 nang4 zo2 dong2 sai3 seoi2 oi3 coeng4 lau4
- No one on earth can stop one from liking to work steadily little by little