近水楼台 — Chinese idiom
近水楼台
jìn shuǐ lóu tái
Traditional: 近水樓臺
Meaning
- lit. a pavilion near the water ; fig. using one's proximity to the powerful to obtain favor
Character by character
- 近jìnto approach; near, close; intimate
- 水shuǐwater, liquid, lotion, juice
- 楼lóumulti-story building; floor
- 台táiplatform; unit; term of address
Idioms sharing a character
- 不近人情 bù jìn rén qíng
- 平易近人 píng yì jìn rén
- 急功近利 jí gōng jìn lì
- 言近旨远 yán jìn zhǐ yuǎn
- 贵远贱近 guì yuǎn jiàn jìn
- 近在咫尺 jìn zài zhǐ chǐ
- 近朱近墨 jìn zhū jìn mò
- 远近皆知 yuǎn jìn jiē zhī
- 一清如水 yī qīng rú shuǐ
- 似水年华 sì shuǐ nián huá
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