从善如流 — Chinese idiom
从善如流
cóng shàn rú liú
Traditional: 從善如流
Meaning
- readily following good advice ; willing to accept other people's views
Character by character
- 从cóngfrom, by, since, whence, through
- 善shàngood, virtuous, charitable, kind
- 如rúas, as if, like, such as, supposing
- 流liúto flow, to drift, to circulate; class
Idioms sharing a character
- 力不从心 lì bù cóng xīn
- 名从主人 míng cóng zhǔ rén
- 喜从天降 xǐ cóng tiān jiàng
- 从中作梗 cóng zhōng zuò gěng
- 从井救人 cóng jǐng jiù rén
- 从天而降 cóng tiān ér jiàng
- 从谏如流 cóng jiàn rú liú
- 从长计议 cóng cháng jì yì
- 投笔从戎 tóu bǐ cóng róng
- 舍正从邪 shě zhèng cóng xié
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